[CW] DSW ... de K8NA

[David Ring]

I thought the Russian alphabet had no letter "W" - so what is DSW a joke?  I
guess it would be DSV with the Russian alphabet.
How about our intercept operators - did you ever hear DSV or DSW on those
circuits?

73

DR

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Ted Pauck K8NA <k8na at wideopenwest.com>wrote:

>  Tom  ...  DSW is not new for CW. I first heard it when I got
> into Ham Radio around 1960. It is used alot by the Russian
> CW Operators. DSW means "Dasvidanja" in Russian,
> See you again, or Good Bye.
>
> 73 ...  de  Ted  K8NA
>
>
>
> At 03:25 PM 10/15/2009, you wrote:
>
> Lately, I have head a few stations sending 73 DSW.  I did some looking, and
> this looks to be Russian for goodbye.
>
> This seems to be a recent development, and was wondering if anyone can shed
> some light on its use?
>
>
> Tom - VE3CX
>
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