[MRCA] code wheel

[Tim]

I had wondered about the "Railroad Q" signal.  Apparently a holdover from
the UK when a Royal Navy vessel had the Queen aboard.  "Stand Clear" etc....

Sending Q on the air horns at crossings seems to be pretty universal around
here.  Who knew?  LOL
Tim
N6CC

On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 5:39 AM, Rob Flory <farmer.rob.flory at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The railroad engineers have such funky fists that it was not until I read
> in an old magazine that they send Morse Q at grade crossings that I
> recognized it as such.  Their spacings are all over the place.
>
> I also did not recognize that the Rush instrumental YYZ is based on the
> Morse ID for Toronto airport, that they must have heard coming out of the
> cockpit on their way back from tour.  Again, funky timing.
>
> RF
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 2:05 PM, B. Smith <smithab11 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>  Interesting, it also gives the spacing information.
>> Z
>>
>>
>> On 4/23/2015 1:43 PM, Al Klase wrote:
>>
>> Breck,
>>
>> 3:1 anywhere I've ever seen it.  Is the Bureau of Standards good enough?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Al
>>
>> Al Klase – N3FRQ
>> Jersey City, NJhttp://www.skywaves.ar88.net/
>>
>> On 4/23/2015 11:18 AM, B. Smith wrote:
>>
>> Interesting. Is the 3:1   a published International  Standard or perhaps
>> just a ham standard that has developed over the years?
>>
>>
>> Z
>>
>> On 4/23/2015 2:56 AM, Mike Morrow wrote:
>>
>> What about that dot to dash ratio. Looks like about 5:1?  A ratio
>> of 3:1 would be quite a bit of "swing"...
>>
>> A dash:dot ratio of 3:1 would be NO swing at all.  That is the exact
>> definition of the proper lenghth of dash compared to dot for zero
>> weighting.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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