[TenTec] Abbreviations used by amateurs.doc

[Lyle Dunlap]

Abbreviations used by amateurs

Short		Full			Short		Full

ABT		About			CUAGN		See you again
AGN		Again			DE		From
AHD		Ahead			DA		Day
AHR		Another			DNT		Don't
ANI		Any			DINT		Did not
APRX Approximate-Approximately		DH		Deadhead
BC		Broadcast		DC		Direct Current
Bd		Bad			DX		Long Distance
B4		Before			ES		And
BI		By			EZ		Easy
BK		Break			FB		Fine Business
BN		Been			FM		From
BT		But			FR		For
BCUZ		Because		FRQ		Frequency
BTWN		Between		GA		Go Ahead
BIZ		Business		GB		Good-Bye
C		See			GM		Good Morning
CLR		Clear			GN		Good Night
CN		Can			GG		Going
CNT		Can't			GT		Got-Get
CK		Check			GND		Ground
CKT		Circuit			HA (HI)	 Laughter
CMG		Coming			HM		 Him
CUD		Could			HR		 Hear-Hear
CW		Continuous Wave	HV		  Have
CUL		See You Later		HW		  How
IC		I See			OB		 Old Boy
ICW	Interrupted Continuous Wave		OL		Old Lady
K		Go Ahead		OM		Old Man
LID		Poor Operator		OP		Operator
LFT		Left			OT		Old Top-Timer
LST		Last-Listen		OW		Old Woman
LTR		Letter			PLS		Please
MA		Millampere		R		OK
MC		Megacycle		RCD		Received
MG		Motor Generator	RCVR		Receiver
MI		My			RI		Radio Inspector
MK		Make			SA		Say
MO		More			SEZ		Says
MSG		Message		SM		Some
MT		Empty			SW		Short-Wave
ND		Nothing-Doing		SIG		Signal
NG		No Good		SKED		Schedule
NIL		Nothing		TFC		Traffic
NM		No More		TMW		Tomorrow
NW		Now			TR		There
		
TK		Take			TKS		Thanks
TKS		Thanks			TNK		Think
U		You			UD		You Would
UL		You Will		UR		Your
VB		Very Bad		VT		Vacuum Tube
VY		Very			WA		Word After
WB		Word Before		WD		Would
WF		Word Following	WK		Work
WL		Will-Would		WN		When
WT		What			WX		Weather
X		Interference		Xmtr		Transmitter
YF		Wife			YL		Young Lady
Yr		Year			30 		 Finish-End
73		 Best Regards		88		Love and Kisses
                                                                                                                                  Meaning
Dit  DAAh DAAH  Dit  Dit (The two dashes are drawn out,  then space E  E )   What is your sign?  
(This was an old MORSE signal but used by most of old timers on air)  Often times it would be your initials, two or sometimes 3 letters and of course it could be your call.

Times change, expressions change, abbreviations change from time to time but mostly for the worst.  An exception, for me anyway, is the change from "Handle" to "Name" (on fone of course)   Makes sense to me.   I absolutely cringe when I hear the expression:  "Back to you" On CW YET!!

Lyle W9FCX