Z code
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Z_code".

For the virtual machine language introduced by Infocom, see the article under Z-machine.

Z Code (like Q Code and X Code) is a set of codes used in CW, TTY and RTTY radio communication. Actually, there are different sets of Z-codes: one originally developed by Cable & Wireless Ltd., for commercial communications in the early days of wire and radio communications, another one independently developed by NATO forces later for military needs and use. The NATO Z Code is still in use today, and is published in the unclassified document ACP-131. There are other set of codes internally used by USSR's military and other operating agencies. The old C&W Z Codes are not widely used today.

Some Example Z Codes

In this example, the ZBK/1/2 is a Z code from the NATO military set, while the others are old C&W Z-codes. A lot of the old C&W codes are derived from mnemonics (ZAL = (a)lter wave(l)ength, ZAP = (a)ck (p)lease, ZSF = (s)end (f)aster, etc),

See also

• ACP-131

External links

• VE3LXV's Z-Code Page - which is a verbatim copy from this original source: www.kloth.net/radio/zcodes.php