When I hear something like UA9CDC de UA9AFK I always wonder if it is UA9AFK or UA9AF K I always thought that BK is used when one wants to omit sending both call signs in the end of message. I also thought that station sending BK wants to tell me that he is using break in and therefore can be interrupted whenever is needed.
73, Igor UA9CDC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Gregory" <[email protected]> To: "Mike Morrow" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:25 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 'Q' signal trivia > sounds good to me...AR > > On 19 July 2011 13:04, Mike Morrow <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Bert wrote: >> >> > I've yet to hear --... ...-- ... sent - hihi >> >> Don't you mean --... ...-- .----. ... ? :-) >> >> My pet peeve is use of that damned "BK". "KN" doesn't make much sense >> either...that's actually an open parenthesis. Both are just ham-only >> prosigns that would never have been heard on professional military or >> commercial Morse radiotelegraph circuits. >> >> What's wrong with the military standard: If a response is expected from >> the other station, send "K" (equivalent to phone "OVER"). If a response >> is not expected, send "AR" (equivalent to phone "OUT"). That's it in >> total! >> >> There's zero value to that repulsive "BK" that has spread like an ugly >> malignant Morse teratoma among many hams in the past decade or so. >> >> Mike / KK5F >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > > > > -- > > VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile > Elecraft Equipment > K3 #679, KPA-500 #018 > Living the dream!!! > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
