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 63 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-TELEC(OlMMltNICATIONS-)CT. 2, 1947 (ADD. 9 RR) Abbre- viation QTH QTI QTJ QTK QTL QTN QTO QTP QTQ QTR QTS QTU 2047 Question What is your position in latitude and longitude (or according to any other indication)? What is your TRUE track? What is your speed? (Requests the speed of a ship or air- craft through the water or air respecti/ely.) What is the speed of your aircraft in relation to the surface of the earth? What is your TRUE heading (TRUE course with no wind)? At what time did you depart from ... (place)? Have you left dock (or port)? or Are you airborne? Are you going to enter dock (or port)? or Are you going to alight (or land)? Can you communicate with my station by means of the Inter- national Code of Signals? What is the correct time? Will you send your call sign for ... minute(s) now (or at ... hours) Ion ... kc/s (or Mc/s)l so that your frequency may be mea- sured? What are the hours during which your station i open? Answer or Advice My position is ... latitude ... longitude (or according to anq other indication). My TRUE track is ... degrees. My speed is ... knots (or kilo- metres per hour). (Indicates the speed of a ship or aircraftthrough the water or air respectioly.) The speed of my aircraft in rela- tion to the surface of the earth is ... knots (or kilometres per hour). My TRUE heading is ... de grees. I departed from ... (place) at .. hours. I have left dock (or port) or I am airborne. I am going to enter dock (or port) or I am going to alight (or land). I am going to communicate with your station by means of the International Code of Signals The orrect time is ... hours I will send my all ign for ... minute(s) now (orat ... hours) [on ... kc/s (or Mc/s)) so that my frequency may be mewr ured& My station is open from ... to ... hours - ,, - ,-

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