Ron AC7AC Said: --
This is a list of the prosigns I'm familiar with:
BK - Invite receiving station to transmit
CQ - Calling any amateur radio station
SOS Distress
Hold on a second (AS) there Ron :-) My understanding is that BK, CQ and
SOS are
Kieth wrote:
Hold on a second (AS) there Ron :-) My understanding is that BK, CQ and
SOS are not to be sent with no space but as individual letters complete
with the proper space around them.
There's the **biggest** mistake in Morse telegraphy!
SOS is ALWAYS to be sent with NO space between
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Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Prosign confusion (was: Anticipating Morse)
As for BK, that is two
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From: Ron D'Eau Claire [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Prosign confusion (was: Anticipating Morse)
One might ask what is CQ an
abbreviation of? Some say it's
Jim, N2EY wrote:
(CQ is) a two-letter abbreviation like QRZ.
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But neither of them are abbreviations (i.e. shortened words). CQ has no
credible meaning as an abbreviation that I've ever seen. QRZ is one of the
common Q codes that are sent as three distinct letters. The
Nigel, G8IFF/KC8NHF wrote:
If CQ is a prosign, i.e. a single character without embedded space,
please explain how I should pronounce it such using 'phone modes.
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Dah-di-dah-di-dah-dah-di-dah?
Seriously, once you go to non-CW modes, all bets are off.
Folks,
I think we are all getting mixed mesages here - when to use a letter space,
and when not to is the question.
I checked the table in my 1994 ARRL Handbook for CW abbreviations and
prosigns (the new handbooks have eliminated this info for some reason!).
Earlier handbooks just listed the
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The 'prosigns' listed in 1994 are: QRL?, CQ, AR, K, KN, BK, R, AS, SK, and
CL - but the only ones indicated to be sent without a space (as one
character) are AR, KN, AS, and SK - all others are indicated as being sent
as 2 or more letters (indicated with a bar).
In a message dated 1/12/06 1:18:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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Jim, N2EY wrote:
(CQ is) a two-letter abbreviation like QRZ.
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But neither of them are abbreviations (i.e. shortened words).
An abbreviation isn't always a shortened word
Hi,
the lb for pound comes from Spanish(and its close Latin)libra
meaning pound.
73 de Bob K3YT
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Stephanie, VA3UXB wrote:
I don't think I ever got the hang of the prosigns... I got the AR.
To me, BT is a dash (-) but I don't know if that's correct or not. I
sometimes get the ',' and '?' confused. The / character I know well,
because I always hear it on our local repeater ident, and
David G4DMP wrote:
I don't know that one, Ron; we don't have Euros in the UK ;-) But don't
forget the new one for @ for use in e-mail addresses
@di-dah-dah-di-dah-dit
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Yeah, that's what started the thread so I left it out. It's also the
easiest
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