[CW] WW2 Use of V instead of DE

[Richard Knoppow]

     IMI is listed as the question mark but its used in 
combination with letters to get repeats, for instance ?AA for All 
After some word, AB for all before some word, etc. The letters 
are listed in traffic handling instructions in the ARRL Handbook 
and elsewhere. It is also used as the interrogatory for Q signals 
i.e. QRU? have you anything for me? Sometimes used as short hand 
for QRZ?, just the ? is sent and understood to mean "call me again".
    I don't remember ever hearing III used as a period on the air 
but some may have used it.

On 1/2/2019 1:28 PM, n7dc at comcast.net wrote:
> The AAA period and the IMI Question Mark Were used in the mid 50s by the Army, and by us Hams, and of course, still is.   The IMI you might hear in a sentence or text is the signal that the last word, before the IMI, is being Repeated.  It is normally used for People, or Place names, to insure correct copy.  So, it is really signifying two different things: the question mark, and "repeat last word"   Most of the Western world used pretty much the same codes, then you have Asia, and the Middle East, plus Russia etc. with Morse differences, since they also have different letters in their particular languages.
> N7DC at ARRL.NET
> Ex WN5QMX,WA5UKR,ET2US,ET3USA,SV0WPP,VS6DD,N7DC/YV5/G5CTB
> QSL Bureau, DIRECT, LOTW Preferred, eQSL used but upload at a courtesy only, as do not use the system for awards.


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