[CW] DSW ... de K8NA

[Val]

Hi David,

Actually there is some mess in Cyrillic code, adopted more then century ago.
The sign W is Cyrillic letter "B", pronounced as "Ve". The morse sign V is
letter, sounding between G and J. Hi  hi.
That's why it's DSW, not DSV for Dosvidania.

73 Val LZ1VB


>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