In article , Radio Amateur KC2HMZ
writes:
On 12 Aug 2003 23:40:10 GMT, (N2EY) wrote:
Here's the definition anyway:
QFU? - What is the magnetic direction (or number) of the runway to be used?
QFU - The magnetic direction (or number) of the runway to be used is ...
I've never heard that on the ham bands, though.
I've never heard it on the aeronautical bands, either, even though
that's obviously the intended application of that particular Q-signal.
Of course.
Morse code was used in aviation from the earliest days until at least the
1950s.
Of course that's all gone now except for some range markers.
That's a relic from days long forgotten.
Gone, but not forgotten. Some years back I read an article in "Air and Space"
by someone who had been a commercial aviation radio operator in the '50s and
who had used Morse in that job.
Today they get that info from
ATIS before they even contact approach control.
Of course.
Didja know that there used to be questions on the common Q signals on the
written tests?
73 de Jim, N2EY