[QCWA] Continental morse vs international

[John Paul Keon]

Joe:
If I am reading this correctly, di di da di da was also used
on military ciruits with a q signal to ask a question.  
It was INT and the q signal.  Could this have any relevance?


John Paul, Raleigh, NC// AB4PP



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Fenn" <jfenn at lava.net>
To: <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 4:44 PM
Subject: [QCWA] Continental morse vs international


I know I have asked this question many times before but still have not
found an answer yet.  I went to "FISTS" and other sources but still
came up with nada.   During my 40 years of cw with old CAA,Panam,
ARINC, etc of CW work I did find there were certain carryovers from
Continental morse (and RR telegraphy) certain letters which were
used commonly in Airline cW work as well as to the ham band cw useage.
"w o" was sent as  di dah dah    dit dit.  Which was question meaining
"who is the opr at the other end of the circuit.   Also  another
"dit dit   dah di dah" meaning "OK".  Frequently still encountered
even today.   Both stemmed from continental morse (also RR teletraphy)
and the   "dit    dit" with space is the letter "o" in old morse.
The one translation I could never find the relationship for was
"rj"  (meaning wait while I change to my relief opr).   How in the
heck can that be read backward in RR or old Morse telegraphy to give
that meaning.   I even tried  "rlf" but found no relationship to
RR or continental morse.   Any clues from anyone would be appreciated.
(dit   dit)  with spaceing is of course the letter "o" in morse
and RR telegraphy hence    Dit    Dit    Dah di dah means OK and
is still used often particularly from the aussies and new zealanders.
So how would the code be in continental morse for
"standby my relief opr is here".
                          Joe


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