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AA - All after
<AA> End Of Line
AB - All before
ABT - About
ADEE - Addressee
ADR - Address
ADS - Address
AGN - Again
AM - Amplitude Modulation
ANI - Any
ANS - Answer
ANT - Antenna
<AR> End of message
<AS> Stand by; wait
<AT> - used for the @ sign for E-Mail Addresses New proposal is AC run
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BCI - Broadcast Interference
BCL - Broadcast Listener
BCNU - Be seeing you
BD - Bad
BK - Break, Break in
BN - All between; Been
<BT> Separation (break) between address and text;
between text and signature.
BTH Both
BTR - Better
BTW - By The Way
BUG - Semi-Automatic key
BURO -Bureau
B4 - Before
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C - Yes, Correct
CB - CallBook
CBA - Callbook Address
CFM - Confirm; I confirm
CK - Ckeck
CKT - Circuit
CL - I am closing my station; Call
CLBK - Callbook
CLD - Called
CLG - Calling
CMG - Coming
CNT - Can't
CONDX - Conditions
CPI - Copy
CQ - Calling any station
CRD - Card
CS - Call Sign
CU - See You
CUAGN - See You Again
CUD - Could
CUL - See You later
CUM - Come
CUZ - Because
CW - Continuous wave
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DA - Day
DE - From, This Is
DIFF - Difference
DLD - Delivered
DLVD - Delivered
DN - Down
DR - Dear
DSW - Russian CW abbreviation for goodbye.
DWN - Down
DX - Distance
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EL - Element
ES - And
ENUF - Enough
EU - Europe
EVE - Evening
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FB - Fine Business, excellent
FER - For
FM - Frequency Modulation: From
FONE - Phone
FQ - Frequency
Freq -- Frequency
FWD -- Forward
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GA - Go ahead; Good Afternoon
GB - Good bye, God Bless
GD - Good, Good Day
GE - Good Evening
GESS - Guess
GG - Going
GLD -- Glad
GM - Good morning
GN - Good night
GND - Ground
GP -- Ground Plane
GS - Green Stamp
GUD - Good
GV - Give
GVG - Giving
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<HH> Error in sending
HI - The telegraph laugh; High
HPE - Hope
HQ - Headquarters
HR - Here; Hear, Hour
HRD - Heard
HRS - Hours
HRD -- Heard
HV - Have
HVG - Having
HVY - Heavy
HW - How, How Copy?
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II -- I Repeat
<II> Short form of <HH>
<IMI> - Repeat, Say Again
INFO - Info
JA - Japanese Station
K - Invitation To Transmit
KA Beginning of message
KLIX - KeyClicks
KN Go only, invite a specific station to transmit
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LID - A poor operator
LNG - Long
LP - Long Path
LSN - Listen
LTR - Later; letter
LV - Leave
LVG - Leaving
LW - Long Wire., Long Wave
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MA - Millamperes
MGR - Manager
MI - My
MILL - Typewiter
MILS - Millamperes
MNI - Many
MOM - Moment
MSG - Message; Prefix to radiogram
MULT - Multiplier
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N - No, Negative,
Incorrect, No More
N - Nine (as in Signal Report)
NCS - Net Control Station
ND - Nothing Doing
NIL - Nothing; I have nothing for you; Not In
Log
NM - No more
<NR> - Number, Near
NW - Now; I resume transmission
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OB - Old boy
OC - Old chap
OK - Correct
OM - Old man
OP - Operator
OPR - Operator
OT - Old timer; Old top
OW - Old Woman
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PBL - Preamble
PKG - Package
PSE - Please
PT - Point
PWR - Power
PX - Press, Prefix
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R - Received as
transmitted; Are;
R - Decimal Point (with numbers)
RC - Ragchew
RCD - Received
RCVR - Receiver
RE - Concerning; Regarding
REF - Refer to; Referring to; Reference
RFI - Radio frequency interference
RIG - Station equipment
ROTFL - Rolling on the floor laughing
RPT - Repeat, Report
RTTY - Radio teletype
RST - Readability, strength, tone
RX - Receive, Receiver
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SA - Say
SASE - Self-addressed, stamped envelope
SED - Said
SAE - Self-Addressed Envelope
SEZ - Says
SGD - Signed
SHUD - Should
SIG - Signature; Signal
SINE - Operator's personal initials or nickname
<SK> Out; clear (end of communications, no reply
expected.)
SK - Silent Key
SKED - Schedule
SN - Soon
SP - Short Path
SRI - Sorry
SS - Sweepstakes
SSB - Single Side Band
STN - Station
SUM - Some
SVC - Service; Prefix to service message
SWL - Short Wave Listener
/ST short timer on check in
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T -
Zero (with numbers)
TEMP - Temperature
TEST - Testing or Contest
TFC - Traffic
TIA - Thanks In Advance
TMW - Tomorrow
TKS - Thanks
TNX - Thanks
TR - Transmit
T/R - Transmit/Receive
TRBL - Trouble
TRIX - Tricks
TRX - Transceiver
TT - That
TTS - That is
TU - Thank you
TVI - Television interference
TX - Transmitter; Transmit
TXT - Text
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U - You
UFB - Ultra Fine Business
UNLIS - Unlicensed
UR - Your; You're
URL - Universal Resource Locator
Address For a WebPage
URS - Yours
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VE Understood (VE)
VERT - Vertical
VFB - Very fine business
VFO - Variable Frequency Oscillator
VY - Very
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W - Watts
WA - Word after
WATSA - What Say
WB - Word before
WD - Word
WDS - Words
WID - With
WKD - Worked
WKG - Working
WL - Well; Will
WPM - Words Per Minute
WRD - Word
WRK - Work
WUD - Would
WW - Would
WX- Weather
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XCVR - Transceiver
XMAS - Christmas
XMTR - Transmitter
XTAL - Crystal
XYL - Wife
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YF -Wife
YL - Young lady
YR - Year
Z - Zulu Time
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30 - I have no more to send
33 - Fondest Regards
55 - Best Success
73 - Best Regards (NOT 73'S) *
88 - Love and kisses (NOT 88'S)
161 - 73+88=161" first came about in FOC circles (First-Class CW
Operators' Club, founded by Louis Varney G5RV a number of years ago). The
essential meaning is "Best regards to you and your XYL".
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? question (like QRL?)
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