[Elecraft] Shorthand

[Bud Morin]

EN was used for an artistic R in he 1940's. I heard them and 
occasionally used it.

Bud, K9ZT


Radio Amateur N5GE wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:02:24 -0700, "Ron D'Eau Claire" <ron at cobi.biz>
> wrote:
>
>   
>> Yep, and carried over onto radiotelegraphy mostly for noting the end of the
>> press sent to ships, etc.
>>
>> I've always used "R" to denote "yes". That's what we used on military CW,
>> and I've heard and used it on the ham bands for many, many years. During a
>> CW contact when I had excellent copy I'll often start my transmission with R
>> R R DE AC7AC...denoting that copy was "FB" and allowing the important delay
>> for those stations who have switches to throw when going from TX to RX. 
>>
>> Ron AC7AC
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> I believe "30" was more commonly used in the press
>> wire field and indicates "end" or "end of article".
>>
>> 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP
>>     ElecraftCovers at rfwave.net
>>     
> [snip]
>
> In the last year or so I've begun to hear a lot of CW op's sending EN
> to the other station when it is turned back to them.  Is this
> something new or just a cool LID's way to send R for Roger?
>
> Tom, N5GE
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