CW Abbreviations

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21 November 2011 | by Todd NØIP | Share | | Leave a Comment (0)

If you’re just getting started with CW, you need to know that learning Morse Code is only part of the puzzle. You’ll also need to learn basic CW Operating Procedures, and you’ll need to know some commonly used abbreviations, too. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to print out something like this and keep it near your key until sending and receiving these are second-nature:

Abbreviation	Meaning	Example
ABT	About	ANT 3 EL BEAM UP ABT 40 FT
AGN	Again	PSE AGN UR NAME?
ANT	Antenna	ANT DIPOLE UP ABT 50 FT
BURO	QSL Bureau	PSE QSL VIA BURO
CPY	Copy	HW CPY?
CU	See you	CU AT SKYWARN TRAINING
CU AGN	See you again	73 HPE CU AGN
CUL	See you later	73 HPE CUL
CQ	Calling anyone	CQ CQ CQ DE NØIP
DE	This is station	NØBSY DE NØIP KN
DR	Dear	FB DR TODD (Often heard from DX stations.)
DX	Long-distance	CQ CQ CQ DX DE NØIP
EL	Element	ANT 3 EL BEAM UP ABT 40 FT
ES	And	73 JOHN GN ES GB U ES URS
FB	Fine business	FB OM TNX FER RPT
FER	For	TNX FER NICE CHAT HPE CU AGN
FT	Feet	ANT DIPOLE UP 60 FT
GA	Good afternoon	GA OM UR RST 579
GB	God bless	73 ES GB
GD	Good day	GD OM TNX FER CALL
GE	Good evening	GE OM ES GB
GL	Good luck	TNX FER QSO 73 GL
GM	Good morning	GM DIETER TNX FER RPT FROM BERLIN
GN	Good night	TIME TO HIT THE SACK GN ES TNX FER QSO
GUD	Good	UR ANT DOING GUD JOB
HI	Laugh	XYL NEEDS A NEW RIG HI HI
HPE	I hope/I hope to	HPE CU THIS FRI
HR	Here	RIG HR HEATHKIT DX-100 ES HAMMARLUND HQ-170A
HW	How	HW CPY?
NR	Near	QTH NR MINNEAPOLIS, MN
OB	Old Boy	TNX QSO OB
OM	Old Man	TNX FER CALL OM
OP	Operator’s Name	OP TODD
PSE	Please	PSE QSY UP 1
PWR	Power	RIG HR TS-440S PWR ABT 100 W
R	Roger (Copy 100%)	NØBSY DE NØIP R R FB TOM
RIG	Radio equipment	RIG HR HW-8
RPT	Report (also RPRT) or Repeat	TNX FER RPT/RPRT (Repeat: PSE RPT QTH)
SIG	Signal	UR SIG VY WEAK
SRI	Sorry	SRI OM MUST GO
TKS	Thanks	TKS FER QSO (Same as TNX)
TNX	Thanks	TNX FER QSO (Same as TKS)
TU	Thank you	NØIP TU 5NN (Typical rapid-fire DXpedition exchange.)
U	You	NICE TO MEET U
UR	Your/You’re	UR RST 599
URS	Yours	GB U ES URS
VERT	Vertical	ANT VERT UP 20 FT
VY	Very	UR SIG VY WEAK
W	Watt(s)	RIG HW-8 PWR ABT 2 W
WID	With	BEEN WID XYL 24 YRS
WX	Weather	WX HR COLD ABT 5 F
YL	Young lady	FB YL HPE CUL
YR	Year	CU NEXT YR AT DAYTON
YRS	Years	BEEN HAM 33 YRS
XYL	Wife (Ex-young-lady)	XYL CALLING MUST GO
72	Best regards (QRP)	UR K2 DOING GUD 72 OM ES GB
73	Best regards	TU 73 CUL