The term QTE means...
Refer to figure.
Q codes are three-letter codes starting with the letter Q used in radio communication.
As seen in the figure there is a system of abbreviations that indicates what kind of bearing is described.
- QDM = Magnetic bearing from the aircraft to the station
- QDR = Magnetic bearing from the station to the aircraft
- QUJ = True bearing from the aircraft to the station
- QTE = True bearing from the station to the aircraft
Mnemonics can help remember the meanings of these codes. The letter Q at the start of the code was an indicator to a morse operator that a code was being sent, the subsequent letters are the important ones:
- TE is "True emanation"
- DR is "Direction radial"
- DM is "Direction magnetic", but "direction to", because a radial is a "direction from".
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