EN was used for an artistic R in he 1940's. I heard them and occasionally used it.
Bud, K9ZT Radio Amateur N5GE wrote: > On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:02:24 -0700, "Ron D'Eau Claire" <r...@cobi.biz> > wrote: > > >> Yep, and carried over onto radiotelegraphy mostly for noting the end of the >> press sent to ships, etc. >> >> I've always used "R" to denote "yes". That's what we used on military CW, >> and I've heard and used it on the ham bands for many, many years. During a >> CW contact when I had excellent copy I'll often start my transmission with R >> R R DE AC7AC...denoting that copy was "FB" and allowing the important delay >> for those stations who have switches to throw when going from TX to RX. >> >> Ron AC7AC >> >> -----Original Message----- >> I believe "30" was more commonly used in the press >> wire field and indicates "end" or "end of article". >> >> 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP >> elecraftcov...@rfwave.net >> > [snip] > > In the last year or so I've begun to hear a lot of CW op's sending EN > to the other station when it is turned back to them. Is this > something new or just a cool LID's way to send R for Roger? > > Tom, N5GE > > n...@n5ge.com > K3 #806, K3 #1055, PR6, > XV144, XV432, KRC2, > W1 and other small kits. > > 2 W2's on order > 1 K144XV on order > > http://www.n5ge.com > http://www.swotrc.net > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html