Abbreviations

There are a lot of abbreviations which have been used in Morse communications, but we can cut this down for use in amateur radio and I am only going to mention the ones that you would find in a normal contact with another radio amateur. You can visit Kent Morse Keys for comprehensive information on abbreviations and also a comprehensive list of  “Q” codes.

  • ABT About ADR Address AGN Again ANT Antenna
  • BK Break (Break in transmission inviting the other station to reply or can be used to break into an existing QSO between two stations, though only send BK once in a break in transmission and wait to be invited to join) B4 Before
  • C Yes, Correct CFM Confirm CK Check CQ Call Any Station CS Call sign CUD Could CUL See You Later CUZ Because CW Continuous Wave CX Conditions
  • DE From DN Down DR Dear DSW Good Bye in Russian DX Distance
  • ENUF Enough ES And
  • FB Fine Business FER For FM From FREQ Frequency FWD Forward
  • GM Good Morning GA Good Afternoon or Go Ahead (depending on context) GE Good Evening GN Good Night GB Good Bye GND Ground GUD Good
  • HI Humour (usually sent twice) HR Here HV Have HW How
  • K Over KN Over but only the station named should respond
  • LID Poor Operator
  • MNI Many MSG Message
  • NIL Nothing NM Name NR Number NW Now
  • OB Old Boy OC Old Chap OM Old Man OP Operator OT Old Timer
  • PLS Please PSE Please PWR Power
  • RCVR Receiver RFI Radio Frequency Interference RIG Radio Apparatus RPT Repeat RPRT Report RST Signal Report Format (Readability Signal Strength and Tone) RX Receiver
  • SN Soon SRI Sorry STN Station
  • TKS Thanks TMW Tomorrow TNX Thanks TU Thank You TX Transmit or Transmitter TXT Text
  • U You UR Your URS Yours
  • VY Very
  • W Watts WK Work WL Will WID With WUD Would WX Weather
  • XCVR Transceiver XMTR Transmitter XYL Wife
  • YL Female
  • ZX Zero Beat
  • 72 Best Wishes (used by QRP operators) 73 Best Wishes 88 Love and Kisses