Transportation Abbreviations and Acronyms

1. QKA
   I have effected rescue and am proceeding to base (with ... persons injured requiring ambulance).
2. QKF
   May I be relieved (at ... hours)?
3. QKN
   Aircraft plotted (believed to be you) in position ... on track ... degrees at ... hours.
4. QKP
   Which pattern of search is being followed?
5. QLB
   Will you monitor ... station and report regarding range, quality, etc.?
6. QLH
   Will you use simultaneous keying on ... frequency and ... frequency?
7. QLV
   Is the ... radio facility still required?
8. QMB
   Quickchange Movable Barrier
9. QMP
   Quality Management Plan
10. QMT
    The tunnel connecting midtown Manhattan to Queens (not an acronym)
11. QMU
    What is the surface temperature at ... (place) and what is the dew point temperature at that place?
12. QMV
    Qif Mean Vdhicle
13. QMW
    At ... (position or zone) what is (are) the height(s) above ... (datum) of the zero centigrade isotherm(s)?
14. QMX
    What is the air temperature at ... (position or zone) at ... (hours) at the ... (figures and units) height above ... (datum)?
15. QNE
    What indication will my On landing at...(place) at...hours altimeter give on landing with your sub-scale being set to at...(place) at...hours?
16. QNH
    What should I set on the sub-scale of my altimeter so that the instrument would indicate my elevation if I were on the ground at your station?
17. QNI
    Queensland- New South Wales Interconnector
18. QNR
    Quarterly Noncompliance Report
19. QNT
    What is the maximum gust speed of the surface wind at ... (place)?
20. QNV
    QEM for new vertex position

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