No matter how much you love CW, there will be words and phrases used all the time. Cut these down to a few letters agreed to by all and you can save a few taps on the morse key per message. Over a working day, that's a lot of taps.
Since a Morse Test is no longer required to get an amateur radio licence, we thought CW would quietly fade away. Confident but wrong. Morse is stronger than ever, so why not remind you of ways of keeping it short. 73, OM.
Abbreviation | Word Or Phrase | Abbreviation | Word Or Phrase |
---|---|---|---|
ABT | About | OB | Old boy |
ADR | Address | OM | Old man |
AGN | Again | OP | Operator |
ANT | Antenna | OT | Old timer |
B4 | Before | PSE | Please |
C | Yes | PWR | Power |
CFM | Confirm | RIG | Station equipment |
CUL | See you later | RPT | Repeat, report |
ES | And | RX, RCVR | Receiver |
FB | Fine business | SED | Said |
GA | Go ahead | SEZ | Says |
GA | Good afternoon | SIG | Signal |
GB | Good bye | SKED | Schedule |
GB | God bless | SRI | Sorry |
GE | Good evening | TMW | Tomorrow |
GG | Going | TNX | Thanks |
GM | Good morning | TT | That |
GN | Good night | TU | Thank you |
GND | Ground | TVI | Television interference |
GUD | Good | TX | Transmitter |
HI | Laughter | UR, URS | Your, Yours |
HI | High | VY | Very |
HR | Here, hear | WKD, WKG | Worked, working |
HV | Have | WL | Will |
HW | How, how copy | WUD | Would |
LID | A poor operator | WX | Weather |
MSG | Message | XMTR | Transmitter |
N | No | YF, XYL | Wife |
NIL | Nothing | YL | Young lady |
NR | Number | 73 | Best regards |
NW | Now | 88 | Love and kisses |