Like Q Codes, Operational Abbreviations are used in radiocommunications to speed up the sending of messages and to facilitate conversations between operators speaking different languages. The relevant Operational Abbreviations are:
BK | Signal used to interrupt a transmission in progress |
CQ | General call to all stations / call for a contact with another station |
CW | Continuous wave |
DE | From, used to separate the call sign of the station called from that of the calling station |
K | Invitation to transmit |
MSG | Message |
PSE | Please |
RST | Readability, signal-strength, tone-report |
R | Received |
RX | Receiver |
TX | Transmitter |
UR | Your |