[QCWA] landline morse question

[Norm Gertz]

At WAR 41/42 just a mere dit on the key was sufficient to stop on the high 
speed circuits.

The end of a watch meant an entry in the log "rj" to _____ indicating the 
sine of the operator taking over.
I never did find out the origin of the "rj".
 Same with the service messages "rq" and "bq".

I  turned 86 last week Joe.  Still in touch with several of the old WAR 
ops.....in QCWA ....W0US , VA1ZBB/W9BRD, W4LBM....there must be a few others 
but some were not radio amateurs

73   Norm   K1AA (sine GR)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Fenn" <jfenn at lava.net>
To: "Phil Temples" <phil at temples.com>
Cc: <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: [QCWA] landline morse question


> Well no we usually used  "BK" to stop the sender.   Many carryovers
> were still used from RR telegraphy suce as  di dah dah  di di.
> was one of them which means "wo"  or "who" whats your 2 letter sine.  "rj" 
> was another carry over from continentl morse still
> used in the 40's and 50's. It meant "wait am changing operators".
> or "relief opr takeing over".  There were several othe carryovers
> but at 87 I've forgotten some of them
>                 Joe/KH6JF
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