STANDARD TELEPHONE TALKINGPROCEDURESMost messages are divided into the following parts:1. Name of the station called2. Name of the station calling3. The messageYou call the station for which you have a message,identify yourself, and send the message without waitingfor the receiving station to answer.W h e n a m e s s a g e i s r e c e ive d , i t m u s t b eacknowledged (receipted for) as soon as it isunderstood. You acknowledge a message by identifyingyour station and saying “Aye.”NOTE“Aye” is not used as an answer to a question;instead, “Affirmative,” “Negative,” or otherappropriate reply is given.When a message is received, it must be repeatedback word for word. An example would be “Catapultcenter deck, primary; raise the starboard jet blastdeflector.” The response would be “Primary, catapultcenter deck; raise the starboard jet blast deflector, aye.”The catapult center deck operator would then wait for afew seconds for the primary operator to confirm that theorder was understood. The catapult center deck operatorwould then raise the jet blast deflector.Communications on the sound-powered phonesystem is phrased in the declarative (statement) insteadof the interrogative (question). For example, thequestions “What is the status of the jet blast deflector?”or “When will the jet blast deflector be repaired?”would be rephrased to “Report the status of the jet blastdeflector” and “Report the estimated repair time of thejet blast deflector.”Slang expressions or locally devised codes shouldnot be used. The use of abbreviations should be avoided.Some abbreviations may be easily misunderstood, suchas SSTG, SSDG, and SFMG.When a subordinate station requests permission tocarry out an action, do not say, “Permission granted.”Another station might think you are giving it permissionto carry out some other action. Respond to a requestwith a direct order. For example, when permission isrequested to change phone talkers, the proper response,if approved, would be “Change phone talkers.”If you “belay an order,” immediately order whataction is needed. For example, when the throttleman isgiven an order to “Close the throttle” and that order isbelayed, then you tell the throttleman what you wanthim or her to do, such as “Return throttle to originalposition” or “Open throttle to __________.”Never receipt for a message unless you are sure youunderstand it. If you do not understand, tell the sender,“Say again.” If the message is long and you need only apart of it to be repeated back, you can say, “Say again allafter ...” or “Say again all before ...”When you are leaving the circuit for any reason, youmust obtain permission from the controlling station.You may be leaving the circuit to change headphonesbecause of a faulty set, to be relieved by someone else,or to secure. In any case, when leaving the circuit,request permission.When a circuit is in use and a station has a moreimportant message to transmit (to report a fire, forexample), the talker says, “Silence on the line.”Whenever you hear that command, you mustimmediately stop talking so that the message can betransmitted.EXAMPLES OF TELEPHONE TALKERPROCEDURESThe following examples of sound-poweredtelephone transmissions are representative of the typesof messages sent over the phones. Study them until youare sure you have the procedures correct; only practicecan make you into a reliable talker.Circuit TestTo find out if telephone stations are manned andready, the talker at control says, “All stations, control;phone check.”Each talker then acknowledges in assigned order.On a gun circuit it would go like this:4-7Student Notes:
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