[Boatanchors] [Glowbugs] RE: Distress "Q" signal like, CQD SOS MAYDAY etc

[Bry Carling]

Gosh! And I thought QBE meant: "I am moving to the British Empire!"



73 de AF4K (Ex-G3XLQ)

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From: 'Glen Zook' via Glowbugs <tetrode at googlegroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2017 11:32 AM
To: Maynard Wright; tetrode at googlegroups.com
Cc: Bry Carling; Boatanchor group
Subject: Re: [Glowbugs] RE: Distress "Q" signal like, CQD SOS MAYDAY etc

Then there is QBE which means "I am reeling in my antenna".  This "Q" signal was used by aviation radio operators and was used when the trailing wire antenna, on the aircraft, was reeled in before landing.  Basically, it meant that there would be no more transmissions from the aircraft.



The late Dave Osborn, K9BPV (exW2ZSK) always used this signal instead of QRT.  Dave had been an operator aboard U.S. Navy aircraft.  When someone, that he had never "worked" before, asked him what QBE meant, he would inform them of the meaning.  Dave was the person who administered my Novice Class examinations on 13 February 1959, my 15th birthday.



Glen, K9STH

Website: http://k9sth.net


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From: Maynard Wright <m-wright at eskimo.com>
To: tetrode at googlegroups.com
Cc: Bry Carling <AF4K at hotmail.com>; Boatanchor group <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2017 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Glowbugs] RE: Distress "Q" signal like, CQD SOS MAYDAY etc

I suspect that the same thing is true of many of the Q signals that aren't
used much, if at all.  Some of them are used frequently on traffic nets, but
not during other QSOs.  How about QRA or QRJ?  If someone sent me one of
those, or any one of a number of others,  I'd have to look it up.



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