Radio Procedure Class Plan for ESL

Radio Procedure

Radio

What is it?  Do you listen to radio these days?  I used to but now I listen to podcasts.  Do you listen to podcasts?  What are your favorites? 

Would you like to listen to podcasts?  What topics?

Have you ever listened to a sporting event on the radio?

What was radio like in china twenty years ago?  Now?

Have you ever communicated by radio or walkie-talkie?

Radio Procedure  ((Teach the Voice Procedure Alphabet).

 A Alpha

B Bravo

C Charlie

D Delta

E Echo

F Foxtrot

G Golf

H Hotel

I India

J Juliet

K Kilo

L Lima

M Mike

N November

O Oscar

P Papa

Q Quebec

R Romeo

S Sierra

T Tango

U Uniform

V Victor

W Whiskey

X Xray

Y Yankee

Z Zulu

Assign the students a callsign e.g. Alpha Kilo Six Four

Words to use on the radio

·Affirmative — Yes

·Negative — No

·Reading you Five / Loud and clear — I understand what you say 5x5.

·Over — I have finished talking and I am listening for your reply. Short for "Over to you."

·Out — I have finished talking to you and do not expect a reply.

·Clear — I have finished talking to you and will be shutting my radio off.

·Roger — Information received.

·Copy — I understand what you just said (after receiving information).

·Wilco — Will comply (after receiving new directions).

·Go ahead or Send your traffic — Send your transmission.

·Say again — Please repeat your last message (Repeat is not used as it is a specific command when calling for artillery fire)

·Break — Signals a pause during a long transmission to open the channel for other transmissions, especially for allowing any potential emergency traffic to get through.

·Break-Break — Signals to all listeners on the frequency, the message to follow is priority. Almost always reserved for emergency traffic or in NATO forces, an urgent 9 line or Frag-O.

·Standby or Wait one — Pause for the next transmission. This usually entails staying off the air until the operator returns after a short wait.

·Callsign-Actual — Sometimes an individual (generally a superior) may have a person monitor the network for them. Saying "actual" after their callsign asserts you wish to speak to the specific person the callsign is attached to.

·Sécurité — Maritime safety call. Repeated three times. Has priority over routine calls.

·Pan-pan — Maritime/aviation urgency call. Repeated three times. Has priority over safety calls.

·Mayday — Maritime/aviation distress call. Repeated three times and at beginning of every following transmission relating to the current distress situation. Has priority over urgency and safety calls.

Situations in which we can practice using radio procedure:

Ordering food.  Making an Appointment.  Meeting someone on the street.  Making a marriage proposal.  Asking to borrow money.  Telling your parents you are getting married.