Subj : Hope you enjoyed that To : Angus Mcleod From : Belly Date : Thu Aug 19 2004 01:24 pm Re: Hope you enjoyed that By: Angus Mcleod to Belly on Thu Aug 19 2004 10:40 am > Since you don't appear familiar with CW, let me just tell you that CW operat > don't spell out everything in plain english. They are sensibly lazy and > abbreviate like crazy -- usually in ways that only make sense when you compa > the length of the morse letters involved. For example, the word "Please" > becomes "PSE" (not "PLS" because "L" is NINE times longer than "E"). There > a large number of abbreviations that a Google search might find, but here ar > few: I know most of the abbreviations, but the FB was a new one to me. I have monitored CW just a little, but have never worked anyone. In fact, over the past 10 years, I have forgotten most of it. _________ o (O) BeLLy ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ --- ž Synchronet ž **** BraziBBS: brazi.net **** .