Radio Operators

Receive and transmit communications using radiotelegraph or radiotelephone equipment in accordance with government regulations. May repair equipment.

Job Task

• Repair radio equipment as necessary, using electronic testing equipment, hand tools, and power tools.
• Review applicable regulations regarding radio communications, and report violations.
• Maintain station logs of messages transmitted and received for activities such as flight testing and fire locations.
• Monitor emergency frequencies in order to detect distress calls and respond by dispatching emergency equipment.
• Operate radio equipment in order to communicate with ships, aircraft, mining crews, offshore oil rigs, logging camps and other remote operations.
• Turn controls or throw switches in order to activate power, adjust voice volume and modulation, and set transmitters on specified frequencies.
• Broadcast weather reports and warnings.
• Conduct periodic equipment inspections and routine tests in order to ensure that operations standards are met.
• Coordinate radio-related aspects of locating and contacting airplanes and ships that are missing or in distress.
• Examine and operate new equipment prior to installation in order to ensure that it performs properly.
• Operate sound-recording equipment in order to record signals and preserve broadcasts for purposes such as analysis by intelligence personnel.
• Communicate with receiving operators in order to exchange transmission instructions.
• Determine and obtain bearings of sources from which signals originate, using direction-finding procedures and equipment.
• Send, receive, and interpret coded messages.
• Set up antennas and mobile communication units during military field exercises.

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