[GreenKeys] GreenKeys Digest, Vol 156, Issue 8

[Richard Knoppow]

     Yours is an interesting story.  I have been aware of Z code for 
many years but never knew much about its origin.  I looked it up and 
found the Cable and Wireless Limited evidently began it but the C&W code 
is mostly different from the later NATO version.  I found a PDF listing 
the code at:
https://www.pwcares.org/doc/Z-Signals.pdf
    Q code seems to have been originated in 1909 by the British 
government and was included in the international service regulatons in 
1912.  There is a pretty good article at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_code
    According to this the British Post Office Handbook for Radio 
Operators of 1970 had over 100 Q signals.

On 1/8/2017 6:41 PM, g.blackburn at j-omega-l.com wrote:
> Hah! Never saw a "speed key certificate" and was actually an ET, not a qualified RM when I did my stint in the USN. However when the radiomen found out that I was a ham, I ended up on the cw circuit more than once with a  Vibroplex that mysteriously appeared out of nowhere. ZUG for now,
>
> Gene, N4UJ (and sometime operator aboard NHNF & NIIZ!)
> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T


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Richard Knoppow
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WB6KBL