[Elecraft] Shorthand

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Dave W7AQK wrote:

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.

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Yeah, I believe those are properly called "prosigns". The most famous of all
is probably "SOS".  (SOS, for example, could have been written VGI)

The common Ham prosigns I am familiar with are:

K = Invitation for any station to call.
 
AR = I have called a specific station and am looking for an answer from that
station.

KN = In communications with a specific station and standing by for that
station to respond (no others are invited to break in unless for an
emergency). 

R = Received in full and understood; affirmative; yes. 

AS = Stand by (wait). When followed by a number indicates how long to wait
(e.g. AS 1 = stand by 1 minute)

SK = End of communications with a specific station - sent before the final
call signs. 

CL = Shutting down operations. Not listening for any other calls. Last thing
sent before "pulling the plug". 

Ron AC7AC