[Elecraft] QRQ CW

[Phil Kane]

On 4/30/2014 6:35 AM, Barry wrote:

> Regarding the anti-contesters, to each their own.  What grates on my nerves
> is hearing the newer hams start every transmission on 2m FM with "Copy
> that," the VHF version of "please copy..."  :-)

In traffic handling, even on VHF, "Please copy" still means "please copy..."

"Copy that" as a preamble in a conversation came to us via CB, and it's
really the phone equivalent of "R" in CW meaning "I have copied and
understood what you sent".
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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

>From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon