PROCEDURE TO USE WALKIE TALKIE(have to be done practically as well)

THESE ARE THE STEPS TO FOLLOW WHEN YOU WANT TO COMMUNICATE ON

YOUR 2-WAY RADIO WITH SOMEBODY:

1. SWITCH YOUR UNIT ON

2. MAKE SURE YOU TUNE TO THE FREQUENCY OR CHANNEL THE OTHER
PARTY OR PARTIES ARE. THE CHANNELS SHOULD BE AGREED ON BEFORE
ANYTHING ELSE.
3. PRESS THE PTT BUTTON IF YOU WISH TO TALK.

THE LOCATION OF THE PTT BUTTON DEPENDS ON THE MANUFACTURER. SOME

PUT IT AT THE TOP AND IN SOME MODELS, IT IS LOCATED AT THE SIDES.

4. WHEN YOU FINISH SPEAKING, RELEASE THE PTT BUTTON SO YOU CAN
LISTEN TO THE OTHER PARTY.

USE THE STANDARD ‘OVER’ TO LET OTHERS UNDERSTAND YOU ARE DONE
TALKING AND ARE READY TO LISTEN TO THEM. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF
THE WAY A HANDHELD TWO-WAY RADIO WORKS.

THOUGH IT CAN TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE MESSAGES, IT CAN ONLY TRANSMIT OR

RECEIVE AT A TIME. IT CANNOT DO BOTH AT ONCE. WHEN THE PTT BUTTON IS
PRESSED, THE UNIT BECOMES SILENT AND ACTS AS A MICROPHONE ONLY.

RELEASING THE PTT BUTTON INSTANTLY TURNS THE UNIT INTO A RECEIVER AND
THE MICROPHONE IMMEDIATELY CONVERTS TO A LOUDSPEAKER.

IMPORTANT ETIQUETTE AND TIPS FOR TALKING ON WALKIE TALKIE

COMMUNICATING ON A WALKIE TALKIE, WHICH IS QUITE EASY AS YOU MUST
KNOW BY NOW, IS JUST A PART OF THE WHOLE BUSINESS OF TALKING ON A 2-
WAY RADIO.

ALL PARTIES IN THE LOOP SHOULD WORK TOWARDS A COMMON TARGET, WHICH
IS TO MAKE THE COMMUNICATION WORTHWHILE FOR ALL CONCERNED. AND TO
DO THAT, CERTAIN RULES MUST BE OBSERVED. FORTUNATELY, THE RULES ARE
EASY TO FOLLOW.

THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF THE BASIC ETIQUETTE TO FOLLOW:

USE A LANGUAGE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS – THIS SHOULD BE OBVIOUS IF

YOU WANT YOUR MESSAGE TO BE UNDERSTOOD.

YOU MUST ALL AGREE ON THE LANGUAGE TO USE AND IF YOU MUST USE
SLANGS, IT IS IMPORTANT EVERYBODY IS COMFORTABLE OR AT LEAST
UNDERSTAND THE WORDS.

BUT IF YOU ARE TALKING TO SOME STRANGER, FOR EXAMPLE, THE EMERGENCY
SERVICES, STICK TO THE STANDARD LANGUAGE WITHOUT THE USE OF SLANGS.
WAIT FOR ‘OVER’ – IT IS IMPROPER TO INTERRUPT OTHERS WHILE THEY ARE
STILL SPEAKING. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY WON’T BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU
BECAUSE THEIR PTT BUTTON IS STILL PRESSED.

ALWAYS WAIT FOR THEM TO SAY ‘OVER’ BEFORE TRANSMITTING YOUR OWN
MESSAGE. REMEMBER TO PRESS THE PTT BUTTON THOUGH OR YOU WON’T BE
HEARD.

AVOID COMMUNICATING SECRETS – NEVER PASS ON CONFIDENTIAL OR VERY

SECRET INFO OVER RADIO FREQUENCIES. THE CHANNELS ARE OPEN AND
ANYBODY WITH A DEVICE CAN LISTEN IN.

SECRET MESSAGES OR NOT, ALWAYS USE THE PRIVACY CODES TO GIVE YOU A
DEGREE OF PRIVACY.

GET CALL SIGNS – FOR PRIVACY AND SECURITY REASONS, YOU SHOULD ASSIGN
UNIQUE CALL NAME OR SIGNS TO EACH MEMBER OF THE GROUP.

THIS IS GREAT FOR IDENTIFICATION AND TO WEED OUT STRANGERS WHO MIGHT
STUMBLE INTO YOUR CHANNEL.

AVOID LONG MESSAGES AT ONCE – TRY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO KEEP YOUR

MESSAGE BRIEF AND CONCISE. LONG MESSAGES CAN LEAD TO CONFUSION AS
TOO MANY WORDS TEND TO OBFUSCATE VITAL INFORMATION.

IF THE MESSAGE IS TOO LONG, THE PROPER THING IS TO DIVIDE IT INTO

SEVERAL SHORT MESSAGES FOR EASY UNDERSTANDING.

SOME IMPORTANT WALKIE TALKIE PHRASES TO KNOW

IF YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR 2-WAY RADIO COMMUNICATING SKILLS UP SEVERAL
NOTCHES, THERE ARE SOME PHRASES YOU COULD USE. YOU MUST HAVE HEARD
SOME OF THEM BEING USED BY THE PROS AND WONDERED WHAT THEY MEANT,
RIGHT?

ROGER THAT – UNDERSTOOD

AFFIRMATIVE – YES

DO YOU COPY? – CAN YOU HEAR ME?

OVER :communicatin/transmission is ON.the other party speaks after the first party

Says over.

OUT – END OF THE TRANSMISSION

CONCLUSION
BY NOW, YOU MUST KNOW THAT TO TALK ON WALKIE TALKIE IS NOT AS HARD AS
IT LOOKS WHILE WATCHING THE PROFESSIONALS DO IT. AS LONG AS YOU
REMEMBER TO PRESS AND RELEASE THE PTT BUTTON AT THE BEGINNING AND
END OF YOUR MESSAGE RESPECTIVELY, YOU’VE BASICALLY NAILED IT.

WITH TIME AND CONSTANT PRACTICE, IT WOULD GET EASIER AND EVEN THE
UNIQUE LINGO AND PHRASES WOULD COME TO YOU EASILY. TO BE CLEAR
THOUGH, YOU DON’T NEED REALLY NEED MOST OF THESE PHRASES IF YOU AND
YOUR GROUP ARE CLEAR ABOUT THE BASICS.