-=> Quoting Syam@glue.umd.edu to Bill Lumnitzer <=-
Sy> On Sun, 23 Jul 1995 bill.lumnitzer@paonline.com wrote:
> QRL and all the other "Q" signals come from CW traffic handling, the
> precedent of contesting. "QRL?" means: "Are YOU busy?" (handling traffic)
> and was directed to a SPECIFIC station. Somehow, it has been transformed
> (incorrectly) over the last couple of decades to mean "Is this FREQUENCY
> busy?". About half the time, if you send QRL? in a contest, a passerby
> will respond R and start CQing!
>
Sy> Actually KA2RRK told me that the proper Q-Signal for "Is the frequency
Sy> in use" is QSU?
Sy> Very 73,
Sy> Fred Laun, K3ZO
Not quite: According to my 1945 ARRL Handbook QSU? means "Shall I reply
on...Kc/s and/or on waves of Type A1, A2,...?".
I noticed another interesting one - QSD?: "Are my signals mutilated?"!
73 Bill
N6CQ@paonline.com
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