What say CW Ops - can anyone come up with a better
one ? On SSB, Is the frequency is use ? - that's easy. We
CW guys need something more fitting than QRL or QRZ !
Larry - K4WLS
Most of us use simply QRL ? which seems to work.
73
RAG Ragnar Otterstad LA5HE JW5HE OZ8RO
Larry.how about QBY?Is the freq busy?
73 NormK1AA
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From: Larry, K4WLS [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 1:06 AM
Subject: [DX-CHAT] New Q Signal Need
Would someone at ARRL who is in a leadership
I think this is one of those situations in which a literal translation is
not the best real life meaning for QRL... if you've ever used one of
those translators used to go from one language to another, then you know
that what is actually said and what is actually meant can be two entirely
I tried to put this on DX News, but bounced... here is brief version of that
message. HS approved frequencies:
1800 to 1825
3500 to 3505
3524 to 3526
AND ONLY DURING CERTAIN 24 HOUR INTERNATIONAL CONTESTS I am yet to
discover wihich contests are approved. Note... NO WARC to date, 73
The long established practice for checking a frequency on cw is to send
the letters I E
Perhaps one of the really OTs can provide the history for this.
The letter C in response means yes.
73, Steve WB6RSE
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That is rather interesting as the letters "I E" with a smaller space between the I and E mean "C" in the old American Morse.
Tom Orr, W6HT
The long established practice for checking a frequency on cw is to send the letters I EPerhaps one of the really OTs can provide the history for
In a message dated 9/9/03 11:14:43 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
most of the radio ops who operate CW on a
larger scale know that QRL now implies Is the frequency in use? or The
frequency is in use.
Actually, QRL? implies the QUESTION is the frequency in use?'
