What is INTERCO or International Code of Signals and its contents in details ?

  • Flag signalling.
  • Flashlight signalling, using morse symbols.
  • Sound signalling, using morse symbols.
  • Voice using a loud hailer.
  • Radio telegraphy.
  • Radio telephony.
  • Signalling by hand flags or arms. Semaphore/morse.
CHAPTER 4: GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

   Signalling Numbers Using Interco:

  1. Signalling A Decimal:
    • Flag Signalling: By Inserting The Answering Pendant Where It Is Required To Express The Decimal.
    • Flashlight And Sound: By The Decimal Point Signal Aaa.
    • Voice : By The Use Of The Word ‘Decimal’ As Indicated In The Figure Spelling Table.
  2. Signalling Azimuth And Bearing:
    • They Are To Be Denoted In Three Figure Notations From 000 To 360 Measured Clockwise.
    • They Should Be Preceeded By The Alphabet ‘A’.
  3. Signalling Course:
    • Course Is To Be Denoted In Three Figure Notations Clockwise From
    • It Should Be Preceeded By A Single Alphabet ‘C’.
  4. Signalling Date:
    • Dates Are To Be Signalled By Two, Four Or Six Figures Preceeded By The Letter ‘D’.
    • The First Two Figures Indicate The Day, Month And Year Subsequently Follow If Signalled.
  5. Signalling Latitude And Longitude:
    • Latitude Is Expressed In Four Figures Preceeded By The Alphabet ‘L’, Subsequently ‘N’ And ‘S’ May Also Be Denoted.
    • Longitude Is Expressed By Four Or Five Figures.
    • These Are Preceeded By The Single Alphabet ‘G’.Subsequently The Letters ‘E’ Or ‘W’ May Be Used.
  6. Signalling Distance:
    • Figures Precedeed By The Letter ‘R’ Indicate Distance In Nautical Miles.
  7. Signalling Speed:
    • If Speed Is Indicated By The Figures Preceeded By The Letter ‘S’ Then It Indicates Speed In Knots.
    • And If It The Letter ‘V’ Then It Is In Kilometres Per Hour.
  8. Signalling Time:
    • Time Is To Be Expressed In Four Figure Notations Out Of Which The First Two To Denote The Hour And The Last Two To Denote The Minutes.
    • The Letter ‘T’ Indicating The Local Time And The Letter ‘Z’ Indicating Greenwich Mean Time.
CHAPTER 5:   FLAG SIGNALLING

To Answer Signals:

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