Government of India Ministry of Communications & IT. ‘WPC Wing, Department of Telecommunications Sanchar Bhawan, 20, Ashoka Road, New Delhi: 110001 No: P-14027/04/09-COP: Dated: 6/01/2010 Office Memorandum Sub; Recommended abbreviations that can be used by the Examiners and Candidates for RTR (A) examination Vide this Ministry Office Memorandum of even no dated 28/10/2009; it has been made mandatory that all the candidates would be required to record the Radio Telephony log in the prescribed format. A sample log also was posted on the Website for the understanding of the candidates. This new procedure shall be introduced from the February, 2010 examination stated to be held at Mumbai from 22/2/2010 onwards. Time allocated for record of the RT log is 25 Minutes per candidate 2 — Allist of commonly used abbreviation in the aeronautical field is enclosed herewith for the benefit of all. The candidates are hereby advised to use these recommended abbreviations while writing their logs in order to save their time. It may be noted however that their use is not mandatory and instead the use of full text is also acceptable. = ah aman Encl: As above Assistant Wireless AdvisorRecommended abbreviations & symbols For RTR(A) examination. Following abbreviations and symbols may be used by examinee while writing his answers in RTR(A) examination part-I. A Abm. Abt Aby Acft ACC Ale Ack Acpt AD Adj Ady Adz, Aft Agn Attn Alt Alu AP AP Apch App Apa Apne Apv Amg Ase ATA ATC ATD Attn Auth ‘Avbl AWY Ag Abeam About Above Aircraft Area control or Area control centre Aircraft Acknowledge Accept or Accepted Aerodrome Adjacent Advise; Advisory Advice After (time or place) ‘Again Attention Altitude Alternate Airport Auto pilot Approach ‘Approach control or Approach control service ‘Apron Approximate or approximately Approve or approved Arrange Ascent or Ascending to ‘Actual time of arrival Air traffic control ‘Actual time departure Attention: Authorized or Authorization Available Airway AzimuthCid Captain Cumulonimbus Confirm Cloud Clear(s) or cleared to, or Clearance Close, or closed, or closing Climb or climbing to Complete Cancel Communication Condition Continuous Co-ordinate or coordination Course Caution Decision altitude Direct Deviation Divert or diverting Departure Deteriorate, Deteriorating Descend to or descending to Destination Decision height Distance Delay Danger Document DurationGid East bound Electric, Electricity Elevation Emergency Engine Engineering Equipment Estimate or estimated Exercises or Excepted or exercise External Extend or extending Forecast Flight level Flares Flashing Flight Fluctuating or fluctuated or fluctuation Follow (s) or Following From Full stop landing Forward Go around or Going around Glider Grd Glide Path, Group Ground speed Glide slope Heading Height Holding Hours HydraulicIdent Impr Imt Inbd Info Inop Instr Int Intst Isol Identification Improve or improving Immediate or immediately Inbound Information Inoperative Instrument Intersection Intensity Isolated Latitude Landing Length Light Lighted Left hand Localizer Longitude Line squall Level Landing weight Mach number (followed by figures); Metres (preceded by figures) Meter Magnetic Maintenance ‘Maximum Meteorology Middle marker Minimum Monitor or monitoring or monitored Maintain Maintaining Moderate MessageNia Not available or not applicable Nav Navigation NC No change Ngt Night NM Nautial mile Nil Normal Ne Number Nxt Next oO Obs Observe or observed or observation Obstr Obstruction om Outer marker Opn Open or opened or opening P P... Prohibited area (followed by identification) Parl Parallel Pax Passenger (5) Per Perforniance Perm Permanent PIE Parachute jumping exercise PN Prior notice required POB Persons on board Poss. Possible Pri Primary Pikg Parking Prov Provisional PS Plus Psn Position Pt Point Pm Procedure turn Pvt Private Pwr Power Q Quad QuadrantBE7P™ RCF RCL Rdo Rec REDL. Ref RENL Rerte RG RLCE Rif ROD RON RPLC RTE Rwy SAP SAR Sfe Sgl Spd SPOT SQ Sry Rescue area (followed by identification) Runway (runway identification) Radius Rain showers Radio communication Failure Runway center line Radial Radio Road Right hand Receive or receiver Runway edge light (s) Reference to or refer to Registration Runway end light (s) Report or reporting or reporting point. Request Reroute Range Rescue Helicopter Request level change en-route Resume rdritial navigation Re-clearance in flight Rate of climb Rate of descent Receiving only Repetitive flight plan Replace or replaced Repeat Report reaching Route Runway As soon as possible Search & Rescue Seconds Sector Surface Signal Speed Spot wind Squall SecondarySTA Std sin Stnr Subj Svebl WEF WIE. WIP Straight in approach Standard Station Stationary Subject to Serviceable System. Temperature Transition altitude Tail wind ‘True air speed Taxi Traffic Touch & go landing Through Until Takeoff Take off Top of climb Top of descent Training Turbulence Tower Taxi Type of aircraft Until further notice Unable Unreliable Unserviceable Visibility Variable Vertical speed Wind direction Indicator With effect from With immediate effect Work in progressWot Way point Wing Warning Ws Wind shear wt Weight wx Weather WXR Weather Radar x x Cross Xng Crossing XCVR —_—Transreciver XER ‘Transfer Xmtr Transmitter Y Yr Yours Zz SYMBOLS Maintaining My Climb . Descent v Co-ordinate/d eS Passing level +56 Reached level 70— More > Less <SPECIMEN Q ‘Normal Abbreviated No/Time 1 VT XYZ after departure climb | VIXYZ aft dep omb 3500 straight ahead. 3500, tum teft, | ( or’P3500), 3500, TL, X Ral 180, cross radial 180,15 DME or | at 15 DME/<, FL 50/>, then less, flight level 50 or below, —_| RNN, cmb FL 290 (or TFL290) then resume normal navigation | RLCE climbing to FL 290, request level change en-route. 2 Delhi approach VI XYZ 50 _| DP (or Dih or Del) Apch VT. DME distance from Delta Papa_| XYZ, 50 DME DPN, Rall 125, FI. November, Radial 125, 70 Mning (>) req dese. clr. maintaining flight level 70, request descent clearance. 3 Ahemdabad control VI NMK | AH ACC VTNMK, PG 11:05, req over Partapgarh, 11:05, request | div AH due Wx ahead. divert to Ahemdabad, due weather ahead 4 03:55 | Delhi tower 15 DME, Radial | DP twr 15 DME, Rdl 210 DPN, 210 DPN, runway in sight, Rwy in sight, req visual appch request visual approach‘ead y you 5 (Loud and Clear) _ ‘Radio checkRVR “Take off Transmitter _ ‘Transmit ‘VMC Visual Meteorological co tions (Weather _ SNDIAN AIRLINES —INDAIR ‘ALLIANCE AIR JETAIRWAYS SAHARA AIR DECCAN KING FISHER GO AIR ‘SPICE JET INDIGO AIR INDIA EXPRESS EXPRESS INDIA 7450 a4 NS 825 ‘Phrase __[Meaning ‘Acknowledge ‘Let me know that you have received and understood this! message Affirm Approved [Permission for proposed d Break I here by Indicate th separation between portions ns of the ‘Break Break‘Establish communication wit with 4 That is s correct $ i 4 Isay again __I repeat for clarity or yr emphasis _ _. i: Maintain Continue in accordance with Monitor |Listen out on (—--- frequency) | ‘Negative _ No / Permission not granted . Over |My transmission is ended and I expect a response from you | 'Remarks: Not used in VHF communication ' Out (Tis exc ‘exchange of transmission is ended and no response Is; jemars Not used in VHF communication ‘Read back "Repeat all, or the specified the part, of this message back to wel exactly as received iA change has been made to your last Glearance and this new: ur previous clearance or part there of i 'Thave received all your la last transmission ; of you your last t transmission + Say again__ ‘Speak slower Standby Verify wl and or AWILCO '| understood your message and will comply with it