I wrote a little ham utility that will look up prefixes, and Q/Z
signals, do QRZ searches, and tell me, given a call, if it's a member of
my several club associations. Building the Q/Z signal table was
enlightening ... I particularly like ZAA: "You are not observing proper
circuit discipline"; ZAB: "Your speed key is improperly adjusted"; and
ZAC: "Cease using speed key", especially if used by NCS in sequence.
And, there's always ZBM1: "Place a qualified speed key operator on watch
on this frequency", and when this all fails, ZBM2: "Place a competent
operator on watch on this frequency."
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
On 6/11/2020 2:52 PM, Andy Durbin wrote:
"Who knew there were so many Q-codes :)"
My favorite from my time as a teenager in the cadet force signals wing was QUQ. I had
remembered it as "Shall I point my searchlight at a cloud, occulting if necessary,
in order to pinpoint my position".
Either my memory is playing tricks on me or the meaning changed a bit over the years.
The definition I found now is "Shall I train my searchlight nearly vertical on a
cloud, occulting if possible and, if your aircraft is seen, deflect the beam up wind and
on the water (or land) to facilitate your landing?"
Either way, not a code that comes up in most QSO.
73,
Andy, k3wyc
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