[CW] Morse Code Podcasts

[Richard Knoppow]

    I was very rude in not thanking you for your reply. I always 
find your writing interesting. Sometimes I just bang away on the 
keyboard and realize later I've been very rude, I don't like 
rudeness and don't like it when I fall into being that way.

On 10/28/2018 7:01 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> Richard Knoppow,
> 
> Asked a question about the history and use of AA prosign - 
> di-dah-di-dah sent as one group.  I'll write that as AA
> 
> AA is American Morse code for comma.
> 
> Some Western Union / Railroad procedures were carried over to 
> International Morse in USA and Canada.
> 
> AA comma separates amateur radio radiogram addresses.
> 
> Richard Knoppow AA
> 123 Fun Street AA
> Lost Angel, CA AA
> 
> AR had a meaning but I forget what it was.  It's also cross + in 
> International Morse and is the turn around signal.
> 
> GA or Go Ahead is used in RTTY and in TTD for deaf and Telex for 
> go ahead.
> 
> In SITOR / AMTOR it is  GA+?
> 
> BT is Begin Text and it starts the text of the message.  It's the 
> double dash or = sign.
> 
> There are two signals that are to alert the receiving operator.
> 
> KA which is "Starting Signal".
> 
> HR which is "Hand Ready" as in KA HR NR 1 DORCHESTER MASS OCT 28 
> 2012Z =
> 
> I'm sending to the group because that way it gets in the archives.
> 
> I'll have to search the archives to find out what AR means.  I 
> forgot.  They all had names BT SK AR.
> 
> 73
> DR
> 
> On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 4:44 PM Richard Knoppow 
> <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com <mailto:1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>> wrote:
> 
>          Very good practice material, thank you David.
>          I have a question: this source uses the prosign AA
>     (.-.-). I
>     hear that on the air from some stations in traffic nets. It does
>     not seem to be an official sign and I can't find it in any list.
>     What does it mean? Is it an abbeviation of the period but
>     some of
>     the podcast material also has the conventional period so I think
>     this is something else.
> 
>     On 10/28/2018 11:55 AM, David J. J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
>      > I found this link on the FISTS email list.
>      > http://www.morseresource.com/podcasts.php
>      >
>      > Very interesting, Morse Podcasts!
>      >
>      > 73
>      >
>      > DR
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>     Richard Knoppow
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