Use of Abbreviations (OT?)

[Stuart Rohre]

The ARRL Operating Manual addresses correct usage of abbreviations and notes
Q signals are for CW only.   However, there is widespread mis-use as we most
all can admit to.
Stuart
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[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft-3]

In the spirit of keeping reflector traffic at a readable volume, lets let this
topic end for the moment. :-)

73, Eric   WA6HHQ
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[Thom LaCosta]

On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Stuart Rohre wrote:

> The ARRL Operating Manual addresses correct usage of abbreviations and notes
> Q signals are for CW only.   However, there is widespread mis-use as we most
> all can admit to.

Thank goodness that everything we do in life is not dictated by the ARRL and/or
the professional grammarians.  If they did, regional accents would disappear,
we'd have only one way to cook seafood, etc.

www.baltimorehon.com is an example of things that are totally non-standard and
might be eliminated by the language police.

73,Thom-k3hrn
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[Daniel Reynolds-2]

Not to further aggravate the off-topic-ness of this topic, but this discussion
reminded me of an experience I had about 10 years ago while traveling in the
Miami/Dade County area of Florida.

While scanning around with a 2m handheld, I found the local police/sheriff were
using nothing but Q-signals for their radio traffic. My best guess is that they
chose to use this to confound many of the non-ham types (i.e. CB-radio types)
who would be familiar with 10-codes.

I'm sure someone in south Florida could confirm this and give a reasonable
explanation for this.

73,
Daniel AA0NI
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[Bob Baxter-3]

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Bob Baxter AA7EQ
Walnut Ridge, Ar.
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