[Elecraft] KN

[Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy]

Larry,

As an "older-model" ham I have always understood KN to mean just what you 
wrote.

Back in the Jurassic when I was first licensed (1946) in a country which was 
still quite "rare" at the time (VQ8) it was not necessary to use KN, because 
in my experience most people in those days would not break in nor call until 
one had signed with the station being worked - a far cry from the brawls one 
hears these days!

The use of INT before a Q signal was also standard practice if asking a 
question, e.g. INT QRM, but sometimes for example QRM IMI would be used.

73,
Geoff
GM4ESD


On July 19, 2011 17:47 Z, Larry A. Waler KW4A wrote.

> Many older-model hams would say KN means "over to you specifically, no
> breakers please"!