[CW] List of prosigns

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

Often TTT and XXX were sent in the last 10 seconds of the silent periods,
especially XXX to attract additional attention.

On 5-ton (500 kHz) you usually had quite an audience.

73

DR

On Thu, Jul 25, 2019, 17:06 Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>      Well, write about the ROs on the Suez, it sounds like an
> interesting story.
>      I read somewhere that the method of using TTT and XXX was to
> send them just before a silent period to alert operators to
> listen for the complete message just following the SP. At least
> on 500Khz that would insure a large audience.
>
> On 7/25/2019 1:31 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> > 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
>
>
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
> WB6KBL
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