Some years back over here, BK was always used instead of K to indicate
that one had full break-in (QSK) capability. The other station then knew
he could interrupt the sending station whenever necessary.
73, Dave G3VGR
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Morrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Darwin, Keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Elecraft Discussion List
<[email protected]>
Sent: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 07:49:34 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Prosign confusion (was: Anticipating Morse)
As for BK, that is two letters, but like many other ham Morse customs, it really
has *NO* place or value in Morse communication. The prosign K is much more to
the point!
I disagree!
The prosign "K" is meant for use at the end of a transmission, after the formal
exchange of callsigns:
"CQ CQ CQ CQ DE N2EY N2EY N2EY K"
"....ES PSE QSL KK5F DE N2EY K"
meaning "go ahead any station"
But "BK" is used in rapid-fire exchanges *without* the formal callsign exchange:
".....FB MOJO OM BT IS UR RIG A K2 or K1? BK
BK RIG HR K2 K2 SN 2084 2084 BK
BK R R DOING FB....."
Of course with the fine QSK of Elecraft rigs, even the BK can become
superfluous. But if
the other op doesn't have QSK, BK is useful to indicate that you're turning it
over for a quick reply.
--
There was a time when ARRL sponsored a "copying bee", in which a message of
unknown length and content
was sent. This grew into the Code Proficiency program. One feature of the
Copying Bee was the
inclusion of intentional misspellings, to see if the receiving op would copy "as sent" or
"as expected".
Caused more than a few to miss the perfect copy certificate.
73 (old Phillips Code abbreviation) ES (old Morse &) ZUT (old "Z code"
abbreviation - unofficial)
DE (prosign - sent as two letters) N2EY
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