CW abbreviations

Ham radio CW abbreviations

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z NUM

A
ABT	About
AGE	Age
AGN	Again
ANS	Answer
ANT	Antenna

B
B4	Before
BC	Broadcast
BD	Bad
BEAM	Beam antenna
BK	Back or Break (its your turn)
BN	Been, being
BTW	By the way
BURO	QSL bureau

C
C	Yes, correct
CBA	Callbook address
CFM	Confirm
CL	Closing station down
CLG	Calling
CLR	Clear
CONDX	Conditions
CPI	Copy
CPY	Copy
CQ	General call for a QSO (contact)
CUL	See you later
CW	Continuous waves (morse code)

D
DE	From
DR	Dear
DSW	Goodbye in Russian
DWN	Down
DX	Long distance contact, rare station

E
ES	And
EL	Elements

F
FB	Fine business, everything is OK
FER	For

G
GA	Good afternoon or go ahead
GB	Good bye
GE	Good evening
GM	Good morning
GN	Good night
GND	Ground
GP	Ground-plane antenna
GUD	GOOD

H
HAM	Amateur radio operator
HI	Laughter on CW
HR	Here or ham radio
HV	Have
HW?	How do you copy me? What about you?

K
K	Please transmit
KN	Only the station I am working should transmit

L
LID	Poor operator
LOOP	Loop antenna
LP	Log-periodic antenna or long path
LSB	Lower sideband
LW	Long-wire antenna

M
MGR	QSL manager
MNI	Many
MSG	Message

N
NAME	My name is
NIL	Nothing heard or no copy
NR	Near
HR	Here or ham radio
NW	Now or North-West

O
OM	Old man (amateur radio operator)
OP	Operator name
OPR	Operator, operate

P
PSE	Please
PO	Power output
PWR	Power

R
R	Message received or correct, RRR=QSL
RCV	Receive
RCVD	Received
RCVR	Receiver
RIG	Equipment
RPRT	Report
RPT	Repeat
RX	Receiver

S
SAN	A compliment in Japanese.  Example JimSAN
SIG	Signal
SK	This is my last transmission (stop keying)
SKED	Schedule
SN	Soon
SNW	Snow
SP	Short path
SRI	Sorry
STN	Station
SWL	Short waves listener

T
TEMP	Temperature
TEST	Contest
TFC	Traffic
TIL	Until
TKS	Thanks
TCVR	Transceiver
TU	Thank you
TX	Transmitter
TNX	Thanks

U
U	You
UFB	Ultra fine business (excellent)
UR	Your
USB	Upper sideband

V
VERT	Vertical
VY	Very

W
W	Watts
WKD	Worked (connected)
WPM	Words Per Minute
WRK	Work
WX	Weather

X
XCVR	Transceiver
XMTR	Transmitter
XTAL	Crystal
XYL	Wife

Y
YAGI	Antenna type
YL	Young Lady
YRS	Years

NUM
44	Happy celebration
73	Best regards
88	Love and kisses