Bernard G3SHF and Tom M0DCG have started running a CW net during the COVID-19 situation. These nets will run for the foreseeable, every afternoon. The sessions start at 4.00pm each day on 3541kHz +/- QRM. Please feel free to have try. If you can received the morse transmission, but cannot send back, please let Bernard know and see your morse conversions direct. CW Transcriptions and recordings are now in a new folder – Bernard – morse@g8srs.co.uk
During our net sessions we have introduced you to CW alphabetical and numerals, the some of the structure to be heard in QSOs and many of the Q-codes, abbreviations and special symbols regularly used.
I have set-out below a summary found in our sessions. However our sessions have only covered a few of those available but I’ve added links that cover most that are available.
Q Codes
QRL Are you busy? Is this frequency in use? QRZ Who is calling
QRM Man made interference QSL Confirmation of reception or a card confirming reception
QRN
Noise interference QSO A radio contact
QRS Slow morse / send slower QSY Change frequency to ....
QRT I am closing down QTH Position
QRX Wait or pause I
A much fuller list can be found https://hamradio.org.uk/q-codes/
CW Punctuation
Comma ― ― • • ― ― Full Stop • ― • ― • ―
Forward Slash ― • • ― • Separator ― • • • ―
More Punctuation https://www.cryptomuseum.com/radio/morse/
Abbreviations from SRS CW Sessions
73 Best wishes
OP Operator
88 Love and kisses
PSE Please
AGN Again PWR Power
ANT Antenna R Roger or OK
CUL See you later RIG Station Equipment
ES And RPT Repeat
FB Fine business or OK RPRT Report
GA Good afternoon SIG Signal
GB Good bye SKED Schedule
GE Good evening SRI Sorry
GM Good morning TMW Tomorrow
GUD Good TNX Thanks
HI Laughter TKS Thanks
HW How TU Thank you
MSG Message
VY Very
NIl Nothing WX Weather
NW Now XYL Wife
OB Old boy YL Young lady
OM Old man
Fuller list from http://www.hamradio.cc/cw/cw_morse_code_abbreviations.php
Procedural Signals (Prosigns)
AR End of Message
EEEEEEEE Error
AS Standby K Invitation to transmit
BT Pause KN Go ahead specific station
CL Close Down SK End of contact
Unlike Morse Code abbreviations, the above signals are sent as a single character (no spacing between letters)
More on Prosigns can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosigns_for_Morse_code