[Elecraft] Prosign confusion

[Dave G3VGR]

Some years back over here, BK  was always used instead of K to indicate 
that one had full break-in (QSK) capability. The other station then knew 
he could  interrupt the sending station whenever necessary.
73, Dave G3VGR

n2ey at aol.com wrote:
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> From: Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net>
> To: Darwin, Keith <Keith.Darwin at goodrich.com>; Elecraft Discussion List <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 07:49:34 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
> Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Prosign confusion (was: Anticipating Morse)
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>>As for BK, that is two letters, but like many other ham Morse customs, it really 
>>has *NO* place or value in Morse communication.  The prosign K is much more to 
>>the point!
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> I disagree!
> The prosign "K" is meant for use at the end of a transmission, after the formal exchange of callsigns:
> "CQ CQ CQ CQ DE N2EY N2EY N2EY K"
> "....ES PSE QSL KK5F DE N2EY K"
> meaning "go ahead any station"
> But "BK" is used in rapid-fire exchanges *without* the formal callsign exchange:
> ".....FB MOJO OM BT IS UR RIG A K2 or K1? BK
> BK RIG HR K2 K2 SN 2084 2084 BK
> BK R R DOING FB....."
> Of course with the fine QSK of Elecraft rigs, even the BK can become superfluous. But if
> the other op doesn't have QSK, BK is useful to indicate that you're turning it over for a quick reply.
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> There was a time when ARRL sponsored a "copying bee", in which a message of unknown length and content
>  was sent. This grew into the Code Proficiency program. One feature of the Copying Bee was the
> inclusion of intentional misspellings, to see if the receiving op would copy "as sent" or "as expected".
> Caused more than a few to miss the perfect copy certificate.
> 73 (old Phillips Code abbreviation) ES (old Morse &) ZUT (old "Z code" abbreviation - unofficial)
> DE (prosign - sent as two letters) N2EY
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