[QCWA] 100th anniversary of the SOS signal; CQD was its predecessor

[Joseph Fenn]

Speaking of carryovers in CW.  I never have figured out the  di dahs
in continental morse.  When I went to work for panam Latin america
divn at end of ww2 had to learn some stuff very fast.  They had
a cunch of railroad morse stuff they used constantly and some of it
also carried over into the ham bands too.  Like   dit dit   dah di dah
which of course was meant to be a short way of saying "OK".   The
dit (space) dit (tanslates to an "o" in old morse) the da di da of course is
international.   One I never could relate to the old railroad telegraphy
however is  "RJ".  Meaning sby am changing operators.  That also
came about from carryovers from continental morse.   Any of you
ancient dadies out there who can figure that out???
It could have been    di dah dit dit  da da da  or some combination
to mean  "rlf"  (relief opr here and changing) or something like
that.
                 Joe

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