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W1AW/8 totals for 10/15/14 - 10/21/14

Posted: 30 Oct 2014 06:33 AM PDT
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Here are some preliminary totals for the recent W1AW/8 operation from
Michigan. Not too shabby, if you ask me. I just wish I could have
contributed more Qs.





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CW Geeks No-Nonsense Guide to Having Fun With CW: Abbreviations

Posted: 29 Oct 2014 01:00 PM PDT
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Below, please find the list of CW abbreviations that I plan to include in
my upcoming book. There are more on the various sites that list CW
abbreviations, but some of them are so little used, I decided to leave them
off this list.Â*If Ive missed one of your favorites, please e-mail me.

Also note that there are no Q-signals or prosigns in this list. Ill be
publishing separate lists for those.

ABT: About

ADDR: Address

AGN: Again

AM: Amplitude Modulation, Morning

ANT: Antenna

BCI: Broadcast Interference

BCNU: Be seeing you

BK: Back, Break, Break in

BN: Been

BTR: Better

BTWN: Between

BUG: Semi-Automatic key

BURO: Bureau (QSL bureau)

BUX: Bucks, as in dollars

B4: Before

C: Yes, Correct

CFM: Confirm, I confirm

CK: Check

CKT: Circuit

CL: Call

CLDY: Cloudy

CLG: Calling

CLR: Clear

CONDX: Conditions

CPI: Copy

CQ: Calling any station

CU: See You

CUD: Could

CUL: See You later

CUM: Come

CUZ: Because

CW: Continuous wave

DE: From, This Is

DIFF: Difference

DN: Down

DR: Dear

DX: Distance

EL: Element

ES: And

EVE: evening

FB: Fine Business, excellent

FER: For

FM: Frequency Modulation: From

FREQ: Frequency

GA: Go ahead, Good Afternoon

GB: Good bye, God Bless

GD: Good

GE: Good Evening

GESS: Guess

GG: Going

GM: Good morning

GN: Good night

GND: Ground

GUD: Good

HI: The telegraph laugh, High

HPE: Hope

HQ: Headquarters

HR: Here, Hear

HRD: Heard

HV: Have

HW: How, How Copy?

LID: A poor operator

LTR: Later, letter

LV: Leave

LVG: Leaving

LW: Long wire

MA: Milliamperes

MNI: Many

MORN: Morning

MSG: Message

NR: Number

NW: Now

OB: Old boy

OC: Old chap

OM: Old man

OP: Operator

OPR: Operator

OT: Old timer, Old top

OVR: Over

PKG: Package

PM: Afternoon, evening

PROB: Problem

PSE: Please

PT: Point

PWR: Power

R: Received as transmitted, Are, Decimal Point

RCV: Receive

RCVR: Receiver

REF: Refer to, Referring to, Reference

RFI: Radio frequency interference

RIG: Station equipment

RPT: Repeat, Report

RPRT: Report

RTTY: Radio teletype

RX: Receive, Receiver

SASE: Self-addressed, stamped envelope

SED: Said

SEZ: Says

SIG: Signature, Signal

SKED: Schedule

SN: Soon

SRI: Sorry

SSB: Single Side Band

STN: Station

SUM: Some

SW: Switch, Shortwave

SWL: Short wave listener

TEST: Contest

THRU: Through

TIL: Until

TMW: Tomorrow

TMRW: Tomorrow

TKS: Thanks

TNX: Thanks

TR: Transmit

TRBL: Trouble

T/R: Transmit/Receive

TT: That

TU: Thank you

TVI: Television interference

TX: Transmitter, Transmit

TXT: Text

U: You

UR: Your, Youre

URS: Yours

VFO: Variable Frequency Oscillator

VY: Very

W: Watts

WID: With

WKD: Worked

WKG: Working

WL: Well, Will

WUD: Would

WX- Weather

XCVR: Transceiver

XMIT: Transmit

XMTR: Transmitter

XTAL: Crystal

XYL: Wife

YL: Young lady

YR: Year

73: Best Regards

88: Love and kisses

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