View source for Prowords for Traffic Handling

Prowords, or procedure words, are words or phrases used in radiotelephony to convey information in a standard verbal format. They are used to make communication brief and clear. The table below includes prowords used by ARES, BEECN, and NET.
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 75%;"
|style="background-color: black; color: white"|'''<big>Proword</big>'''
|style="background-color: black; color: white"|'''<big>Meaning</big>'''
|style="background-color: black; color: white"|'''<big>Example</big>'''
|-
|style="background-color: white;"|'''Over'''
|style="background-color: white;"|I'm done speaking and I'm standing by for a reply.
|style="background-color: white;"|Net Control. KK7PDX '''Over'''
|-
|'''Out'''
|I'm done speaking but I don't expect a reply.  I'm standing by on this frequency.
|Affirmative. KK7PDX '''Out'''
|-
|style="background-color: white;"|'''Clear'''
|style="background-color: white;"|I'm done speaking and I'm leaving this frequency or turning off my radio.
|style="background-color: white;"|73. KK7PDX '''Clear'''
|-
|'''Ready'''
|Are you ready to copy my message?

Yes, I am ready to copy
|KK7PDX, W7SNC Ready? 

This is KK7PDX Ready
|-
|style="background-color: white;"|'''Please Copy'''
|style="background-color: white;"|Start writing the next words I say
|style="background-color: white;"|Follows a Form 8. Please Copy …
|-
|'''End'''
|End of message
|Love break Mom and Dad End
|-
|style="background-color: white;"|'''# to Follow'''
|style="background-color: white;"|I have # more message for you to copy
|style="background-color: white;"|End, Two to Follow
|-
|'''Roger'''
|I am sure I have the message copied correctly
|Roger, KK7DEB
|-
|style="background-color: white;"|'''Go Next'''
|style="background-color: white;"|I am ready to copy your next message
|style="background-color: white;"|Roger Go Next
|-
| colspan="3" style="background-color: black; color: white" |'''Message Text'''
|-
|'''Break'''
|Used after body of message if followed by approval information
|…Sincerely Break Approved by Name Jenny Jones
|-
|style="background-color: white;"|'''I spell'''
|style="background-color: white;"|I will spell phonetically the last word I said
|style="background-color: white;"|My name is Eliza I Spell Echo Lima India… (Also

used to spell names in address)
|-
|'''Initials'''
|The next thing I say will be an abbreviation or acronym
|Multnomah Initials Charlie Oscar Initials Alpha

Romeo Echo Sierra
|-
|style="background-color: white;"|'''Figures'''
|style="background-color: white;"|The next thing I say will be a sequence of digits
|style="background-color: white;"|Figures 279537
|-
|'''Mixed Group'''
|The next thing I say will be a combination of letters and digits beginning with a letter
|Postal code is Mixed Group Victor Five Hotel Three Zulu Seven
|-
|style="background-color: white;"|'''Mixed Group Figures'''
|style="background-color: white;"|The next thing I say will be a combination of letters and digits, beginning with digits
|style="background-color: white;"|My license plate is Mixed Group Figures One Two Three Alpha Bravo Charlie
|-
|'''Amateur Call'''
|Precedes a callsign 
|John Doe Amateur Call KI7ABC
|-
|style="background-color: white;"|'''Zip Figures'''
|style="background-color: white;"|Precedes the zip code in the address
|style="background-color: white;"|Portland, Oregon Zip Figures 97210
|-
|'''Phone Figures'''
|Precedes a phone number 
|Phone Figures 503 318 1333
|-
|'''Uppercase'''
|Precedes a single uppercase letter when case matters such as in passwords.
|Uppercase Golf
|-
|'''Lowercase'''
|Precedes a single lowercase letter when case matters such as in passwords.
|Lowercase Tango
|-
| colspan="3" style="background-color: black; color: white"|'''Corrections and Fills'''
|-
|style="background-color: white;"|'''Say Again'''
|style="background-color: white;"|Repeat a part of a message.  

Respond to such a request.
|style="background-color: white;"|Say again To Field

I say again To Jean Simmonds
|-
|'''Fill'''
|I missed some words. Please repeat them.
|Fill words after “house”
|-
|style="background-color: white;"|'''Word After'''
|style="background-color: white;"|Please repeat the word after  	.
|style="background-color: white;"|Fills please. Word After "new"
|-
|'''All Between'''
|Please repeat everything between _________and  _________.
|Fill please. All Between "new" and "love"
|-
|style="background-color: white;"|'''Correction'''
|style="background-color: white;"|I need to correct something previously given.
|style="background-color: white;"|Correction. Word after "new" is "callsign"
|-
|'''Confirm'''
|Do I have this correctly? 

Yes, you do.
|Confirm zip figures 97210? 

Confirm
|}