[CW] List of prosigns

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

As many know, TTT is Safety (SECURITE)  (Notice to Mariners, Weather related,
etc.), XXX is Urgent (PAN-PAN) both are sent as individual letters:
TTT XXX, but SOS is sent as one group with the dashes in the O part
elongated (by treaty) for ease in recognition.

If we keep this up, we will have to discuss the Egyptian radio
operators on the Suez, darn they were fast.

73
DR


On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 2:32 PM Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>     I am not sure how to write a line above letters on a computer
> although it can be done. It's a PITA on a typewriter. However,
> the book I referred to uses brackets, as in [BT] to indicate the
> characters are to be sent as a single signal. That's easy to do
> and I think makes sense.
>     BTW, I looked over the abreviations in the late ITU document
> someone linked, none of the urgent signals, XXX, TTT or even SOS
> are there.
>     I think most of the combinations were meant to be easily
> distinguished rather than to stand for anything.
> On 7/25/2019 11:23 AM, Joe Pontek Sr wrote:
> > There is a way to "over line" characters, but I have lost the
> > method, aging, but at the least, it is easy to underline
> > them. An example would be like typing *_BT _*rather than *BT*.
> > Another example, _*AA*_ instead of *AA.* I laugh when
> > someone says it should be _*SK*_ vs. *_VA_*, because both are the
> > same when sent together, *(..._._) *The letters really
> > mean not a damn thing, folks.
> >
> > 73, Joe, K8JP/K5
>
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
> WB6KBL
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