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Military Science 2: The Home of Naval Reservists in The Sourthern Luzon

This document provides information about semaphore signaling used for naval communications. It discusses the standard apparatus used, advantages over other means like flashing light due to its faster speed and possible increased security. Procedures for transmitting, calling, answering, receiving, requesting repetition and interrupting messages are outlined. The document concludes by showing the semaphore signals for the alphabet, numerals and an error signal.

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Military Science 2: The Home of Naval Reservists in The Sourthern Luzon

This document provides information about semaphore signaling used for naval communications. It discusses the standard apparatus used, advantages over other means like flashing light due to its faster speed and possible increased security. Procedures for transmitting, calling, answering, receiving, requesting repetition and interrupting messages are outlined. The document concludes by showing the semaphore signals for the alphabet, numerals and an error signal.

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THE HOME OF NAVAL RESERVISTS IN THE SOURTHERN LUZON

MILITARY SCIENCE 2
CHAPTER
Chapter 1 6

Semaphore Signaling
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Chapter 1
After the class discussion, the
students are expected to:
• Be able to know what is semaphore signaling
and its advantages and limitations over other
means of naval communications
• Know the procedures in conducting semaphore
• Know the alphabetical/numerical meaning of
semaphore flag signaling
Semaphore signaling

Standard Apparatus
• Generally 15 - 18 inches square
flag
• Similar to OSCAR Flags
• Attached to a staff long enough
to be grasp firmly by the hand
• Some times substituted by the
PAPA Flag.
Semaphore signaling

Advantages and Limitations

1. Fasterthan flashing light


2. Possibly more secure than flashing
light due to its short range
3. Best substitute for handling
administrative traffic when radio
silence is imposed.
procedures
When Transmitting:

a) Chose a good background


b) Characters are made facing the ships addressed
c) A distinct pause is made at each character position
d) When sending pro signs, operating signals and
abbreviations, the pause is of double duration.
e) Between words or groups, drop your arms to the
front position between letters.
f) When sending double letter, drop your arms to the
front position between letters.
g) Numeral are spelled
h) If numerals or groups of numerals are to be
recorded as digits, precede and follow the numerals with
numeral sign, except in the heading or ending.
procedures
When Calling:

a) Send the call sign of the station called


b) Making the attention sign
c) When flashing light is used to make a call - to indicate
that a semaphore message will follow, send the pro sign
SEM.
d) Using flag hoist - hoist flag JULIET for all ships present
or the call sign of the ship called above the flag JULIET.
e) If the precedence of the message to follow must be
indicated:
1) DESIG is hoisted below JULIET for priority message.
2) DESIG followed by appropriate precedence sign for
message of higher precedence.
Semaphore signaling
When answering:
A. Made by sending either answering sign by
semaphore or pro sign K by F/L.
B. When call is made by flaghoist:
1) Hoist answer to the dip - have seen the signal
2) Close-up - ready to receive
3) Hauled down or dipped - acknowledge or receipt.

Receiving:
A. Sending prosign R by semaphore or flash light
B. Hauling down answer after the transmitting station
hauls down the call.
Semaphore signaling
Repetition, Interruption and Relay:

a) Use IMI after the transmitting station completes


the message - either by light or by semaphore.
b) In flaghoist method of calling - request for
repetition should be made before receipting for the
message.
c) If the transmitting station is required to interrupt
a message.
1) I dips the call - (flaghoist)
2) Send prosign AS - Semaphore
3) Receiving station dip the answering call when
the transmitting station indicates interruption or
when unable to receive.
Semaphore and its meaning

A B C

D E F
Semaphore and its meaning

G H I

J K L
Semaphore and its meaning

M N O

P Q R
Semaphore and its meaning

S T U

V W X
Semaphore and its meaning

Y Z

Numeral Error
END of
presentation

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