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 for
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
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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 le
Keith, KD1E, 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. Isn't merging the BK or CQ together is just
sloppy sending?
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From: Ron D'Eau Claire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:37:44 -0800
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Prosign confusion (was: Anticipating Morse)
>One might ask what is CQ an
>abbreviation of? Some say it&
If CQ is a prosign, i.e. a single character without embedded space,
please explain how I should pronounce it such using 'phone modes.
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
One might ask what is CQ an
abbreviation of? Some say it's a phonetic "seek you" but I've never heard a
single plausible explanation of
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. Obviously
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Nigel A. Gunn 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.
One of the local credit unions, SECU uses the sound of SeeQue in their
commercials.
I suppose you cou
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 dots
> -Original Message-
>
> 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 b
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.
>
> --
>
> But neither of them are abbreviations (i.e. shortened words).
An abbreviation isn't always a shortened
Hi,
the "lb" for pound comes from Spanish(and its close Latin)"libra"
meaning pound.
73 de Bob K3YT
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/Comes from the Latin libra pondo or //libra pendere
Libra eaning scales or balance and pondo or pendrer being a roughly
equivalent weight of those days.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
An abbreviation isn't always a shortened word - how did we get "lb" as an
abbreviation for "pound"?
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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 it it's in
my beacon's i
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