Signaller
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A signaller, signalman, colloquially referred to as a radioman or signaleer
Duties
In the past, signalling skills have included the use of:
Modern signallers are responsible for the battlefield voice and data
In addition to day-to-day soldiering, the signaller is required to be competent at a number of skill levels in the following topics:
- Maintaining Power Supplies (Batteries and Charging for example)
- Radio sets; storage and logistics; installation and operation; maintenance and repair at unit level.
- Station Organisation; Managing Radio Nets and Maintaining Net Discipline for example, map marking, log keeping etc.
- Voice and wireless telegraphy procedure (using Morse code or RATT (Radio assisted Teletype) for example). Formal message procedure, electronic mail.
- Communications Security(COMSEC) - including the encryption and deciphering of coded messages using paper/voice and electronic codes for example.
- Telephone and Line
- Information and Communication Technology
- Antennae selection and design
Air Forces
In an
In the
Armies
Australia
In the Australian Army, a signaller is often referred to as a Chook (Australian Slang for Chicken) by soldiers outside the Signal Corps, because the Morse code used by Signallers has been likened to the chirping of chickens.
Canada
In the Canadian Army, a signaller is often referred to as a "Jimmy" in reference to the flag and cap badge feature Mercury (Latin: Mercurius), the winged messenger of the Roman gods, who is referred to by members of the corps as "Jimmy". The origins of this nickname are unclear. According to one explanation, the badge is referred to as "Jimmy" because the image of Mercury was based on the late medieval bronze statue by the Italian sculptor Giambologna, and shortening over time reduced the name Giambologna to "Jimmy". The most widely accepted theory of where the name Jimmy comes from is a Royal Signals boxer, called Jimmy Emblem, who was the British Army Champion in 1924 and represented the Royal Corps of Signals from 1921 to 1924.
Signallers in Canada are responsible for the majority of radio, satellite, telephone, and computer communications within the Canadian military. Trained signallers of the rank of
United Kingdom
In the
Modern age
See also: Land Mobile Radio System, Walkie-Talkie, Transceiver
The US and European powers, especially during World War 1 and World War 2, have employed extensive use of field telephones and other methods of transmitting messages like carrier pigeons, runners were essentially army messengers and couriers that ran from place to place, culminating in the extensive World War 2, Korea and Vietnam use of the backpack transceiver, eventually becoming unit-based radio and unit-to-HQ based field "telephone".
Specially designated soldiers in a unit would and still do, have a single soldier with a backpack transceiver and large telescoping antennae that can be as tall as 10 meters or 20 feet.
It is also called RTO, which stands for "Radio Telephone Operator". At the field, soldiers usually call them RTO, rather than Signaller. They are soldiers specializing in military communications in the military, mainly operating wired/wireless communication equipment or sending telegrams to commanders from the front line according to the command line, including field headquarters and control agencies.
External links
References
- ^ "U.S. Army Signaleers Vital to New Strategy in Afghanistan". www.army.mil. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
- ^ "Ranks - British Army Website". Archived from the original on 2013-06-09.