AR over, end of message
AS please stand by
BK invite receiving station to transmit
CL going off the air (clear)
CQ Calling any station (does any ham *not* know this one?)
K go, invite any station to transmit
KN go only, invite a specific station to transmit
R all received OK
SK end of contact (sent before call)
| Common abbreviations for CW work |
AA All after OM Old man
AB All before OP,
ABT About OPR Operator
ADEE Addressee OT Old timer; Old top
ADR Address PBL Preamble (first part of msg)
AGN Again PSE Please
AM Amplitude Modulation PWR Power
ANT Antenna PX Press
B More (another msg to follow) R Received as transmitted; Are
BCI Broadcast Interference RCD Received
BCL Broadcast Listener RCVR,
BK Break, Break in RX Receiver
BN All between; Been REF Refer to; Reference
BT Separation (break) between addr RFI Radio frequency interference
& text; between txt & signature RIG Station equipment
BUG Semi-Automatic key RTTY Radio teletype
B4 Before SASE Self-addressed, stamped envelope
C Yes; Correct SED Said
CFM Confirm; I confirm SIG Signature; Signal
CK Check SINE Operator's personal initials
CL I am closing my station; Call or nickname
CLD Called SKED Schedule
CLG Calling SRI Sorry
CQ Calling any station SSB Single Side Band
CW Continuous wave SVC Service;Prefix to service message
DE From; this is (identification) T Zero
DLD, TFC Traffic
DLVD Delivered TMW Tomorrow
DR Dear TKS,
DX Distance TNX Thanks
ES And TT That
FB Fine Business, excellent TU Thank you
FM Frequency Modulation TVI Television interference
GA Go ahead TX Transmitter
GM Good morning TXT Text
GN Good night UR Your; You're
GND Ground URS Yours
GUD Good VFO Variable Frequency Oscillator
HH Error in sending VY Very
HI The telegraph laugh; High WA Word after
HR Here; Hear WB Word before
HV Have WD Word
HW How WDS Words
IMI Repeat; I say again WKD Worked
LID A poor operator WKG Working
MA, WL Well; Will
MILS Millamperes WPM Words Per Minute
MSG Message; Prefix to radiogram WUD Would
N Negative, incorrect; no more WX Weather
NCS Net Control Station XCVR Transceiver
ND Nothing Doing XMTR Transmitter
NIL Nothing; I have nothing for you XTAL Crystal
NM No more XYL Wife
NR Number YL Young lady
NW Now; I resume transmission 73 Best Regards
OB Old boy 88 Love and kisses
OC Old chap
| ITU Recommended Phonetics |
A Alpha J Juliet S Sierra
B Bravo K Kilo T Tango
C Charlie L Lima U Uniform
D Delta M Mike V Victor
E Echo N November W Whiskey
F Foxtrot O Oscar X Xray
G Golf P Papa Y Yankee
H Hotel Q Quebec Z Zulu
I India R Romeo
0 Nadazero 5 Pantafive
1 Unaone 6 Soxisix
2 Bissotwo 7 Setteseven
3 Terrathree 8 Oktoeight
4 Kartefour 9 Novenine
Decimal Point Decimal
Full Stop Stop
Readability
1 - Unreadable.
2 - Barely readable, occasional word distinguishable.
3 - Readable with considerable difficulty.
4 - Readable with practically no difficulty.
5 - Perfectly readable.
Signal Strength
1 - Faint signals, barely perceptible.
2 - Very weak signals.
3 - Weak signals.
4 - Fair signals.
5 - Fairly good signals.
6 - Good signals.
7 - Moderately strong signals.
8 - Strong signals.
9 - Extremely strong signals.
Tone
1 - Sixty-cycle ac or less, very rough and broad.
2 - Very rough ac, very harsh and broad.
3 - Rough as tone, rectified but not filtered.
4 - Ragh note, some trace of filtering.
5 - Filtered rectified ac but strongly ripple-modulated.
6 - Filtered tone, definite trace of ripple-modulation.
7 - Near pure tone, slight trace of modulation.
8 - Near perfect tone, slight trace of modulation.
9 - Perfect tone, no trace of ripple or modulation in any kind.
