[Elecraft] Q codes

[Fred Jensen]

I wrote a little ham utility that will look up prefixes, and Q/Z 
signals, do QRZ searches, and tell me, given a call, if it's a member of 
my several club associations.  Building the Q/Z signal table was 
enlightening ... I particularly like ZAA: "You are not observing proper 
circuit discipline"; ZAB: "Your speed key is improperly adjusted"; and 
ZAC: "Cease using speed key", especially if used by NCS in sequence.  
And, there's always ZBM1: "Place a qualified speed key operator on watch 
on this frequency", and when this all fails, ZBM2: "Place a competent 
operator on watch on this frequency."

73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 6/11/2020 2:52 PM, Andy Durbin wrote:
> "Who knew there were so many Q-codes :)"
>
> My favorite from my time as a teenager in the cadet force signals wing was QUQ.  I had remembered it as "Shall I point my searchlight at a cloud, occulting if necessary, in order to pinpoint my position".
>
> Either my memory is playing tricks on me or the meaning changed a bit over the years.  The definition I found now is "Shall I train my searchlight nearly vertical on a cloud, occulting if possible and, if your aircraft is seen, deflect the beam up wind and on the water (or land) to facilitate your landing?"
>
> Either way, not a code that comes up in most QSO.
>
> 73,
> Andy, k3wyc
>