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54 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-TELECOMMUNICATION-APR. 8, 1938 Question Abbreviation Answer or statement QTG QTH QTI QTJ QTM QTO QTP QTQ QTR QTU QUA QUB QUC QUD QUF QUG QUH level? I 1627 Will you transmit your call sig- nal during 50 seconds ending with a 10-second dash, on . . . kilocycles (or . . . me - ters) so that I may take your radio direction-finding bear- ings? What is your position in lati- tude and in longitude (or ac- cording to any other indica- tion)? What is your true course? What is your speed? Transmit radio signals and sub- marine sound signals to enable me to determine my bearing and my distance. Have you left dock (or port)? Are you going to enter dock (or port)? Can you communicate with my station by the International Code of Signals? What is the exact time? What are the hours during which your station is open? Have you any news from . .. (call signal of the mobile sta- tion)? Can you give me, in the follow- ing order, information con- cerning: visibility, height of clouds, ground wind at . . . (place of observation)? What is the last message you received from . . . (call sig- nal of the mobile station)? Have you received the urgent signal transmitted by . . . (call signal of the mobile sta- tion)? Have you received the distress signal sent by . . . (call sig- nal of the mobile station)? Will you be forced to come down on water (or on land)? Will you give me the present barometric pressure at sea - - I I will transmit my call signal during 50 seconds, ending with a 10-second dash, on . . . kilocycles (or . . . me - ters) so that you may take my radio direction-finding bearings. My position is . .. latitude, . . . longitude (or according to any other indication). Mytruecourseis...de- grees. My speed is ... knots (or ... kilometers) per hour. I am transmitting radio signals and submarine sound signals to enable you to determine your bearing and your dis- tance. I have left dock (or port). I am going to enter dock (or port). I am going to communicate with your station by the In- ternational Code of Signals. Theexacttimeis . . . My station is open from . . . to.. This is the news from . . . (call signal of the mobile station). This is the information re- quested: . . The last message I received from . . . (call signal of the mobile station) is . . . I have received the urgent sig- nal transmitted by ... (call signal of the mobile station) at...(time). I have received the distress signal sent by . . . (call sig- nal of the mobile station) at . . . (time). I am forced to come down on water(oronland)at . . . (place). The present barometric pres- sure at sealevelis... (units).