General
radio check
What does radio check mean?
A procedure word meaning "what is my signal strength and readability; how do you hear me?" It requests a report on the quality of the transmission.
""Any station this net, radio check, over.""
Origin
Standard radiotelephony procedure word for testing a link.
Frequently asked questions
What does "radio check" mean?
It's a radio procedure word asking the other stations to report how strong and readable your signal is — essentially "how do you hear me?"
How do you respond to a radio check?
You reply with a readability report. A perfect signal gets "loud and clear"; a poor one gets ratings like "weak and distorted" or "broken."
Why say "radio check" instead of "can you hear me?"
Standardized prowords keep radio traffic short and unambiguous across units and languages, so everyone reports signal quality the same way.
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