33 | Used as a greeting between YLs (as half of an 88) 44 | Hand shake, half of 88. Often used in Flora and Fauna connections 55 | Wishing success (originates from German "Viele Punkte" -- Many dots/points) 5NN | 599 (RST) 72 | Best Wishes QRP (Low Power) often used by low power station operators (5W or less) 73 | Best Regards 77 | Long Live CW (Morse Code), wishing you many happy CW contacts 88 | Love and kisses 99 | Get lost AA | All after AB | All before ABT | About ADBB | Addressee ADEE | Addressee ADR | Address AGN | Again AM | Amplitude Modulation ANR | Another ANT | Antenna AR | Over, end of message ARND | Around AS | Wait, Please stand by B | More (another mag to follow) B4 | Before BCI | Broadcast Interference BCL | Broadcast Listener BCNU | Be Seeing You BK | Break, Break in (handing control back to the other station, normally without all the callsigns; like "Over" on SSB) BN | All between; Been BT | Separation (break) between addr & text; between txt & signature BTR | Better BTU | Back To You BUG | Semi-Automatic key BURO | Bureau ( "Please send QSL card via my local/national QSL bureau") C | Yes; Correct CBA | Callbook address CFM | Confirm; I confirm CIAO | Italian for Bye bye! When you QSO an Italian station, he'll often say this at the end! CK | Check CKT | Circuit CL | I am closing my station; Call CLBK | Callbook CLD | Called CLG | Calling CNT | Cant CONDX | Conditions COS | Because CPI/CPY | Copy (example, HW CPI? How well can you hear my signals?) CPY | copy CQ | A general call for other stations to talk to you CS | Callsign CTL | Control CU | See You CUD | Could CUL | See you later CUM | Come CUZ | Because CW | Continuous wave CX | Conditions DA | day DE | From; this is (identification) DIFF | Difference DLD | Delivered DLD, | Delivered DLVD | Delivered DN | Down DR | Dear DX | Long distance contact, or rare station (or also pleasantly, long years of operating ahead of you!) E N N | 599 (RST) EL | Element EMRG | Emergency EN | 59 (= Fine) EN EN | 59 (= Fine) ENN | 599 (RST) ENUF | Enough ES | And FB | Fine Business, excellent FER | For FM | Frequency Modulation FRE | frequency FREQ | Frequency FWD | Forward GA | Good Afternoon, Go ahead GB | Good bye, God Bless GD | Good GE | Good evening GESS | Guess GG | Going GL | Good luck GM | Good morning GN | Good night GND | Ground GUD | Good GV | Give GX | Ground HB | Homebrew (you built it yourself) HEE | Humour intended or laughter - often repeated twice i.e. HEE HEE HH | Error in sending HI HI | Laughter HI | Laughter (for example HI HI) | High HPE | Hope HR | Here, Hear HV | Have HW | How (frequent example: HW? means, how well can you hear my signals? What's my report?) II | I say again IMI | Repeat; I say again IMP | Impedance K | go ahead KN | Over; only the station named should respond (e.g. W7PTH DE W1AW KN) LID | A poor operator LNG | long LOTW | Logbook of the World LTR | Later LVG | Leaving MA | Milliamperes MA, | Millamperes MH | Meters high (antenna height) MILLS | Milliamperes MILS | Millamperes MNI | Many MSG | Message; Prefix to radiogram N | Negative, incorrect, no more NCS | Net Control Station ND | Nothing Doing NIL | Nothing; I have nothing for you NM | No more NR | Near | Number NW | Now; I resume transmission NX | Noise; noisy OB | Old boy OC | Old chap OK | Okay OM | Old Man (term of endearment for the operator at the other end) OO | Official observer OOTC | Old old timers club (org. for those whose first 2-way radio contact occurred 40+ years ago) OP | Operator; often used instead of "Name" OPR | Operator OT | Old timer; Old top OTC | Old timers club (ARRL-sponsored org. for radio amateurs first licensed 20 or more years ago) PBL | Preamble (first part of msg) PKG | Package PLS | Please PLS/PSE | Please PSB | Please PSE | Please PT | Point PWR | Power PX | Press Q | QCWA | Quarter Century Wireless Association (org. for radio amateurs licensed for 25 or more years) QRA | What is the name (or call sign) of your station? | The name (or call sign) of my station is ... QRB | How far are you from my station? | The distance between our stations is ... nautical miles (or km). QRD | Where are you bound and where are you coming from? | I am bound ___ from ___. QRG | Will you tell me my exact frequency (or that of ...)? | Your exact frequency (or that of ... ) is ... kHz (or MHz). QRH | Does my frequency vary? | Your frequency varies. QRI | How is the tone of my transmission? | The tone of your transmission is (1: good, 2: variable 3: bad) QRJ | Are you receiving me badly? | I cannot receive you, your signal is too weak. QRK | What is the intelligibility of my signals? | The intelligibility of your signals is ___ (1-Bad, 2-Poor, 3-Fair, 4-Good, 5-Excellent.) QRL | Are you busy? | I am busy. (or I am busy with ... ) Please do not interfere. QRM | Is my transmission being interfered with? | Your transmission is being interfered with ___ (1-Nil, 2-Slightly, 3-Moderately, 4-Severly, 5-Extremely.) QRN | Are you troubled by static noise? | I am troubled by static noise. QRO | Shall I increase transmit power? | Please increase transmit power. QRP | Shall I decrease transmit power? | Please decrease transmit power. QRQ | Shall I send faster? | Please send faster (... words per minute). QRR | Are you ready for automatic operation? | I am ready for automatic operation. Send at ___ WPM. QRS | Shall I send more slowly? | Please send more slowly (... words per minute). QRT | Shall I cease or suspend operation? | I am suspending operation. QRU | Have you anything for me? | I have nothing for you. QRV | Are you ready? | I am ready. QRW | Shall I inform ___ that you are calling? | Please inform ___ that I am calling. QRX | Shall I standby? | When will you call me again? QRY | What is my turn? | Your turn is numbered ___. QRZ | Who is calling me? | You are being called by ... (on ... kHz (or MHz)). QSA | What is the strength of my signals (or those of ... )? | The strength of your signals (or those of ...) is ... (1: very weak .. 5: very strong). QSB | Are my signals fading? | Your signals are fading. QSD | Is my keying defective? | Your keying is defective. QSG | Shall I send ___ messages at a time? | Send ___ messages at a time. QSJ | What is the charge to be collected per word to ___ including your international telegraph charge? | The charge to be collected per word is ___ including my international telegraph charge. QSK | Can you hear me between your signals (while transmitting), and if so can I break in on your transmission? | I can hear you between my signals (while transmitting); break in on my transmission. QSL | Can you acknowledge receipt? | I am acknowledging receipt. QSM | Shall I repeat the last telegram (message) which I sent you, or some previous telegram (message)? | Repeat the last telegram (message) which you sent me (or telegram(s) (message(s)) numbers(s) ...). QSN | Did you hear me (or ...) on ... kHz (or MHz)? | I did hear you (or ...) on ... kHz (or MHz). QSO | Can you communicate with ... direct or by relay? | I can communicate with ... direct (or by relay through ...). QSP | Will you relay a message to ...? | I will relay a message to ... . QSQ | Have you a doctor on board? | (or is ___ on board?) I have a doctor on board (or ___ is on board.) QSS | What working frequency will you use? | I will use ... kHz (or MHz). QSU | Shall I send or reply on this frequency (or on ... kHz (or MHz))? | Please send or reply on this frequency (or on ... kHz (or MHz)). QSV | Shall I send a series of "V" on this frequency (or on ... kHz (or MHz))? | Please send a series of "V" on this frequency (or on ... kHz (or MHz)). QSW | Will you send on this frequency? | I am going to send on this frequency. QSX | Will you listen to ... on ... kHz (or MHz)? | I am listening to ... on ... kHz (or MHz). QSY | Shall I change transmission frequency (to ... kHz (or MHz))? | Please change transmission frequency (to ... kHz (or MHz)). QSZ | Shall I send each word or group more than once? | Send each word or group twice (or ... times). QTA | Shall I cancel message number ___? | Cancel message number ___. QTB | Do you agree with my counting of words? | I do not agree with your counting of words. I will repeat the first letter or digit of each word or group. QTC | How many telegrams (messages) have you to send? | I have ... telegrams (messages) for you (or for ...). QTE | What is my true bearing from you? | Your true bearing from me is ___ degrees. QTG | Will you send two dashes of 10 seconds each followed by your call sign? | I am going to send two dashes of 10 seconds each followed by my call sign. QTH | What is your position in latitude and longitude (or according to any other indication)? | My position is ... latitude, ... longitude. QTI | What is your true track? | My true track is ___ degrees. QTL | What is your true heading? | My true heading is ___ degrees. QTN | At what time did you depart from ___? | I departed from ___ at ___ hours. QTO | Have you left dock (or port)? | I have left dock (or port). QTP | Are you going to enter dock (or port)? | I am goin gto enter dock (or port.) QTQ | Can you communicate with my station by meains of the International Code of Signals? | I am going to communicate with your staion by means of the International Code of Signals. QTR | What is the correct time? | The correct time is ... hours. QTS | Will you send your call sign for ___ minutes so that your frequency can be measured? | I will send my call sign for ___ minutes so that my frequency may be measured. QTU | What are the hours during which your station is open? | My station is open from ___ hours to ___ hours. QTV | Shall I stand guard for you on the frequency of ___ kHz? | Stand guard for me on the frequency of ___ kHz. QTX | Will you keep your station open for further communication with me? | I will keep my station open for further communication with you. QUA | Have you news of ___? | I have news of ___. QUB | Can you give me information concering visibility, height of cluds, direction and velocity of ground wind at ___? | Here is the information you requested... QUC | What is the number of the last message you received from me? | The number of the last message I received from you is ___. QUD | Have you received the urgency signal sent by ___? | I have received the urgency signal sent by ___. QUF | Have you received the distress signal sent by ___? | I have received the distress signal sent by ___. QUG | Will you be forced to land? | I am forced to land immediately. QUH | Will you give me the present barometric pressure? | The present barometric pressure is ___ (units). R | "Roger", "Message Received", Correct | Are RC | Ragchew RCD | Received RCVR | Receiver REF | Refer to; Reference RFI | Radio-frequency interference RIG | Station equipment RPI | Radio frequency interference RPRT | Report RPT | Repeat or report (depending on context) RR | RR Message Received or Correct, or Roger RST | Signal report (Readability, Strength, Tone) RTTY | Radio teletype RX | Receiver SAE | Self-addressed envelope SASE | Self-addressed, stamped envelope SBD | Said SED | Said SEZ | Says SFR | So far (proword) SGD | Signed SIG | Signature; Signal SIG/SIGS | Signal/Signals SIGS | signal SINE | Operator\'s personal initials or nickname SK | Out (prosign), end of contact | Silent Key (a deceased radio amateur) SKED | Schedule SN | Soon SNR | Signal-to-noise ratio SRI | Sorry SS | Sweepstakes SSB | Single Side Band STN | station SUM | Some SVC | Service; Prefix to service message T | Zero T/R | Transmit/Receive TEMP | Temperature TFC | Traffic TKS | thanks TKS, | Thanks TMW | Tomorrow TNX | Thanks TNX/TKS | Thanks TR | Transmit TRE | There TRIX | Tricks TT | That TTS | That is TU | Thank you TVI | Television interference TX | Transmitter TXRX | Transceiver, transmitter + receiver TXT | Text TXVR | Transceiver U | you UFB | Uber Fine Business, Ultra Fine Business... in other words, EXCELLENT! UR | Your: You're URS | Yours VFB | Very Fine Business VFO | Variable Frequency Oscillator VPO | Variable Frequency Oscillator VX | Voice; phone + French "Vieux" (Old Man as per English "OM") VY | Very W | Watts WA | Word after WB | Word before WD | Word WDS | Words WID | With WKD | Worked WKG | Working WL | Well; Will WPM | Words Per Minute WRD | Word WT | watt WUD | Would WX | Weather XCVR | Transceiver XMTR | Transmitter XTAL | Crystal XTL | Crystal XYL | Wife XYLYF | Wife YF | Wife YL | Young Lady, Girlfriend YR | Your or You\'re (depending on context) Alt: UR Z | Zulu time i.e. UTC (GMT) ZX | Zero beat