RADIO REPORTING

Question 1

What are the aims of radio reporting?

Answer 1

To provide the force with maximum warning of an enemy attack

Question 2

What are the requirements for radio reporting?

Answer 2

• GOOD COMMS
• CORRECT USE OF PROCEDURES
• STRICT CONTROL OF THE NET
• WELL WORKED UP TEAM

Question 3

What are the different call signs?

Answer 3

• INTERNATIONAL
• DAILY CHANGING
• AIR DEFENSE

Question 4

What is a International call sign?

Answer 4

Given to all ships when they are built eg. GLZM or SFNM (4 Characters)

Question 5

What is a Daily Changing call sign?

Answer 5

Made up of 3 characters and they change every day at 23:59 they only have a number in their first and second character, never the first.

Question 6

What is a Air Defense call sign?

Answer 6

These call signs never change, they can be found in ATP1 and are promulgated in the OPTASK AAW

Question 7

What is Call the Collective?

Answer 7

A call sign to pass a message to the whole force. MUST BE USED CAREFULLY

Question 8

What is the Acronym for Control Orders?

Answer 8

SWISDREC

Question 9

What does the Acronym SWISDREC mean?

Answer 9

SWEEP (Carry out an all round search)
WATCH (Continue to sweep)
INTERROGATE 
SCAN (Scan the sector)
DROPTRACK
REPORT (Frequent reports)
ESTIMATE
CONFIRM

Question 10

What color is a HOSTILE on the radar screen?

Answer 10

RED

Question 11

What color is a SUSPECT on the radar screen?

Answer 11

RED

Question 12

What color is a FRIEND on the radar screen?

Answer 12

BLUE

Question 13

What color is a ASSUMED FRIEND on the radar screen?

Answer 13

BLUE

Question 14

What color is NEUTRAL on the radar screen?

Answer 14

GREEN

Question 15

What color is UNKNOWN on the radar screen?

Answer 15

YELLOW

Question 16

What color is a JOKER on the radar screen?

Answer 16

RED

Question 17

What color is a FAKER on the radar screen?

Answer 17

RED

Question 18

What is a JOKER?

Answer 18

A friendly acting as a suspect

Question 19

What is a FAKER?

Answer 19

A friendly acting as a hostile

Question 20

What happens if you fail a challenge?

Answer 20

They’ll give you another try to go again

Question 21

What happens if you fail a challenge 3 times?

Answer 21

Inform your supervisor who will monitor you when you challenge for a third attempt

Question 22

What are the components of a RAID REPORT?

Answer 22

ADDRESSES
ORIGINATORS
PRECEDENCE
TRACK IDENTITY
TRACK NUMBER
POSITION
COURSE AND SPEED
TIME
AMPLIFYING DATA

Question 23

What are the 9 types of reports?

Answer 23

FLASH-Used to report immediate threat
INITIAL-Used to report the force of contacts which do not represent an immediate threat
AMPLIFYING-Update on info of contacts
I HOLD
I MAKE
MERGE-When two ships come together
SPLIT-When two ships split
I WANT
DROP TRACK-Used when a track disappears on the radar screen and is not expected to be regained