General CW abbreviations
73--Best Regards
88--Hugs and Kisses
AA--All after
AB--All before
AAA--a period.
ABT--About
AGN--Again
ANT--Antenna
AR--End of this transmission
AS --means wait one please
B4--Before
BCNU--Be Seeing You
BK--Break, Back ("I'm back now" or "Back to you")
BN--Been
BT--a pause
BTR--Better
BUX--Dollars
CLDY--Cloudy
CL--Clear (end of all transmissions)
CLR--Clear (usually a description of the weather)
CONDX--Conditions
CPY,CPI--Copy
CQ--Calling any station
CU--See you
CUD--Could
CUL--See You Later
CUZ--Because
DE--From
ES--And
FB--Fine Business (good, excellent, OK)
FER--For
FT--Feet
GA--Good Afternoon, Go Ahead
GB--Good Bye, God Bless
GE--Good Evening
GL--Good Luck
GM--Good Morning
GUD--Good
HI--Telegraphic Laughing
HPE--Hope
HR--Here, Hear
HV--Have
HW--How (or "How copy?")
IMI--?
K--I'm done, your turn
KA--Begining of message
KN--I'm done, but only you (callsign given) come back to me.
LIL--Little
NR--Near, Number
NW--Now
O--zero (or sometimes a very long DAH)
OM--Old Man
OP--Operator
PSE--Please
PWR--Power
R--Roger/OK/Yes or sometimes are
RR--All received OK
RCVR--Receiver
SIGS--Signals
SK--End of all transmissions
SN--Soon
SRI--Sorry
TNX, TKS--Thanks
TU--Thank You
TX--Transmit
U--You
UR--Your, You Are
URS--Yours
VY--Very
WA--Word After
WB--Word before
WID--With
WL--Well, will, we'll
WTS--Watts
WUD--Would
WX--Weather
XCVR--Transceiver
XMTR--Transmitter
XYL--Wife
YL--Girlfriend ("Young Lady")
YRS--(Years)