Re: [CQ-Contest] CW QUESTION - NOT SKIMMER RELATED

[Roger Parsons <ve3zi@yahoo.com>]

FWIW, the OED also says that 'Umpty' comes from the Morse dash. I would assume 
that is the noise from a Morse sounder ('relay') making a dash rather than any 
particular character. To confuse matters further, the OED (actually the Shorter 
Oxford Dictionary which is 'only' 2 volumes) also says there is a 19th Century 
derivation with a Latin root, and the same meaning, but doesn't explain further.

73 Roger
VE3ZI



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