![]() ![]() In addition to "R" Roger, early CW use for "correct" was Morse "C", this carried over to the phone circuits as "Charlie". Navy Pilots say the use of Roger Wilco is frowned on, use one or the other as applicable. So you can see why I cringe with "Roger Wilco Over, Clear and Out" OUT means I have completed transmission and am completely finished and closing this station or switching to another channel. CLEAR means I am finished with this communication and am standing by on the channel. OVER means I have finished my transmissions and turn the channel over to you to transmit. WILCO means: I will comply with your orders. I cringe almost every time I hear any military movie communications. We used Roger and Negative You had to be completelyĬonfident in what you were sending or receiving after all, it could, and often was, life or deathĪs to what got thru the communications lines. Even in front-line operations such as byįorward observers. In voice communications, it thus became "Roger". "Roger" in both military and government communications definitely came out of the oldĪs a confirmation of receipt of a message,or a portion of a message. ![]() OK.’ Roger was the radio communications morse code word for the letter R, which in this case represented the word ‘received.’ ‘Roger Wilco’ was the reply to ‘Roger’ from the original transmitter of the radio message, meaning ‘I have received your message that you have received my message and am signing off.” Wilco implies "I will comply" Understood’ in response to radio communications later it came into general use to mean ‘all right, Roger! A code word used by pilots to mean ‘your message received and Letter R (dit-dah-dit) has been used to indicate 'O.K. From the earliest days of wireless communication, the Morse code It is part of the 'Able, Baker, Charlie' code known and used by all radiophone operators in the ROGER - "in the meaning of 'Yes, O.K., I understand you - is voice code for the letter R. However I think the other is the real story, following is the only other reference I could find. ![]() Yes, stick to yours, it is a better story. ![]()
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