[Elecraft] Shorthand

[David Y.]

Ron and All,

I don't know exactly how one would differentiate between an "abbreviation" 
and "shorthand", but yes, the "T" is often sent as an elongated dash when 
possible.  However, it's nearly always sent as just a regular "T" these days 
which, as you indicate, is probably because of keyer limitations.

This brings to my mind the very common use of "N" for "9", as in "5NN" for 
599.  .  That probably should also be on the list, as it is almost 
universally used.  I rarely hear anyone use "WTS" for watts.  It's usually 
just a "W".

The one thing I think that list doesn't make clear is that some letters are 
intentionally run together, with no separation, such as "BT".  Another was 
the example of "HH", which really should just be 8 dits run together, to 
indicate an error.  A third example is "AS".  In print, character 
combinations like that are show with an "overscore" (a solid line above the 
letters) to indicate that they are run together.  I don't know how to do 
that here, but there is probably some way to do that with an ASCII command.

Anyway, there are probably a bunch of other variations/additions.  I suspect 
this list will grow.

Dave W7AQK

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <ron at cobi.biz>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Shorthand


> And here's another list:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code_abbreviations
>
>
> For the record, "T" for zero is not really an abbreviation but a modern
> affectation caused by the limitations of keyers. It should be a longer 
> than
> normal dash which is American Morse for a zero. "T" for zero works, if 
> it's
> in context where it's obviously a number and not a T (e.g. PWR HR 1TT 
> WTS).
>
> Also not an abbreviation, but still new to many operators, is the Morse 
> for
> an "@" symbol that was adopted by the ITU a few years ago. It's .--.-.
>
> Ron AC7AC
>
>
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