[Elecraft] bout cw

[Sverre Holm - LA3ZA]

When I learned Morse code before getting licensed two years ageo, I
compiled a list of Morse code for all characters in Western alphabets,
as well as found links to Greek, Russian and Japanese. See
http://www.qsl.net/la3za/Morse/kode.html .=20

For Greek and Russian, and I believe also Hebrew and Arabic, characters
similar to the Latin ones, have the same Morse code.

And, of course, we use our own national languages in Morse code, but
often with English/international abbreviations mixed in. E.g. a QSO
between me and a Swedish ham could go in a mix of
Norwegian/Swedish/English like this:

LA3ZA: Takk for svar, hyggelig =E5 (.--.-) m=F8(---.)te deg, ur RST 599 =
(=3D
Tnx fer call, nice to meet you, ...)
SM6??: Hej Sverre, ditt RST =E4r (.-.- .-.) 599=20


73,=20
Sverre

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Sverre Holm, LA3ZA
www.qsl.net/la3za

BTW, I would appreciate comments regarding characters in other European
alphabets. I also need a link to Arabic and Hebrew alphabets.


> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:elecraft-admin@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John Cooper
> Sent: 28. april 2003 18:19
>=20
> still new to this but wondering how does cw translate to=20
> other langauges are the dits and das matched to compatible=20
> letters from another language ie english to japanese or does=20
> the foreign operator your qsoing have to know english?  In my=20
> arrl operating manual they have the international code=20
> everyone knows and some in depth stuff for japanese=20
> characters with dits and dah patterns ive never seen plus=20
> stuff for like dollars signs and stuff ive never heard used=20
> on the air. =20