Hi Chris the abbreviation often used in place of "73" by many ops is "TU" .... presumably "Thank You " The other usage that I am sure you have seen is after a CQ call the reply uses the suffix letter
If one has DFCW capability, numbers such as 73 can be transmitted in binary form. For example, a 7-bit DFCW "word" has a range 0..127. No other CW character has as many as 7 elements so there should
Move with the times! Let it be understood that "best wishes to any ham station contacted" is default mode . Then one need send nothing unless these wishes are to be cancelled ? The 'undo' code for th
Johan and LF Group I like the idea of a binary code. One could also use normal QRSS, a dot being a 'space' and a dash a 'mark'. Thus one would have a code book of 127 phrases (or better still 256 for
I like the idea of omitting default information from the transmission. This philosophy can be extended even further: Default QSOs can be had without sending anything at all! Signal reports are not ne
Hi All, You could work DXCC on LF without switching the gear on !!!!!!! Regards Gary - G4WGT Web: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/wgtaylor --Original Message-- From: [email protected] [ma
Now we're getting there. Translating from Latin in my schooldays ; various words in English which are an intrinsic part of Latin words we had to show by " (understood)" So "GM " (understood by refere
You've heard about Echolink then? Dave 'YXM --Original Message-- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Johan Bodin Sent: 11 February 2005 1