How did the term "Roger Wilco, Over and Out" get started? Is this just a term
from the old sci-fi and war "B" movies?

Bill wrote:

How did the term "Roger Wilco, Over and Out" get started? Is this just a term
from the old sci-fi and war "B" movies?

Wilco is an abbreviation for Will Comply.

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N8KDV wrote:

Bill wrote:

How did the term "Roger Wilco, Over and Out" get started? Is this just a
term
from the old sci-fi and war "B" movies?

Wilco is an abbreviation for Will Comply.

In telegraphy, "R" was/is a quick response meaning "received."
My understanding has been that "Roger" was the carryover phone
version of "R".
--
Chuck Reti WV8A
Detroit MI

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Bill wrote:

How did the term "Roger Wilco, Over and Out" get started? Is this just a
term
from the old sci-fi and war "B" movies?

Wilco is an abbreviation for Will Comply.



Roger = all copied correctly
Over = your turn
Out = I'm going off the air (no longer listening)

So "over and out" is incorrect procedure as that means "your turn but I'm
not listening".

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE

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So "over and out" is incorrect procedure as that means "your turn but I'm
not listening".

Another convention that serves the same convention of "out" that I hear on
repeaters in my area is "my callsign is clear". The repeater's courtesy
tones usually serve the purpose of "over".

Jackie

Quite correct.
It's good to see there are some that still know.

"Dee D. Flint" wrote in message
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So "over and out" is incorrect procedure as that means "your turn but I'm
not listening".

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE

Dee D. Flint wrote:


So "over and out" is incorrect procedure as that means "your turn but I'm
not listening".


Sounds like something MWB or Steve might say to each other.

"Mark S. Holden" wrote:

Dee D. Flint wrote:

So "over and out" is incorrect procedure as that means "your turn but I'm
not listening".


Sounds like something MWB or Steve might say to each other.

LOL, I hadn't thought of it that way, but you are indeed correct!

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Bill wrote:

How did the term "Roger Wilco, Over and Out" get started? Is this just a
term
from the old sci-fi and war "B" movies?

Wilco is an abbreviation for Will Comply.

Yes... and I suspect that the reply in the negative would be, "F**k you,
over". Although I have heard it used on international circuits I haven't
found it listed in my ITU pubs.

RG

Bill wrote:

How did the term "Roger Wilco, Over and Out" get started? Is this just a
term from the old sci-fi and war "B" movies?

You've actually got four terms there. Probably, as you point out, used more
in the movies than actual practice.

"Over and out" is not correct, although widely used. Should only be one or
the other, depending upon whether you're finished merely with the
transmission or the entire exchange.

"Wilco (will comply) is a little redundant, coming after "Roger." Obsolete,
to the best of my knowledge (which is getting rustier by the day).
--
John Miller, Vietnam-era radio listener for the USN
Email address: domain, n4vu.com; username, jsm

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