電報公司根據要發的信的長度收費。商業代碼精心設計了五個字符組成一組的代碼,做為一個單詞發送。比如:BYOXO ("Are you trying to crawl out of it?");LIOUY ("Why do you not answer my question?"),;AYYLU ("Not clearly coded, repeat more clearly.")。這些五個字符的簡語可以用摩爾斯電碼單獨發送。在網絡用辭中,我們也會說一些最常用的摩爾斯商用代碼。現在仍然在業余無線電中使用的有Q簡語和Z簡語:他們最初是為報務員之間交流通信質量、頻率變更、電報編號等信息服務的。
字母 編碼
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 --**
AR *-*-* 停止 (消息結束)
AS *-*** 等待
K -*- 邀請發射信號(一般跟隨AR,表示“該你了”)
SK ***-*- 終止 (聯絡結束)
BT -***- 分隔符
***-* (我將重新發送最后一個單詞)
** ** (同樣)
******** 錯誤
非英語字符的一些擴展
? *--*-
? *-*-
à *--*-
é **-**
ch ----
? ---*
ü **--
" *-**-*
! **--*
常用縮寫
AA All after (used after question mark to request a repetition)
AB All before (similarly)
ARRL American Radio Relay League
ABT About
ADS Address
AGN Again
ANT Antenna
BN All between
BUG Semiautomatic key
C Yes
CBA Callbook address
CFM Confirm
CLG Calling
CQ Calling any station
CUL See you later
CUZ Because
CW Continuous wave
CX Conditions
DE From
DX Distance (sometimes refers to long distance contact)
ES And
FB Fine business (Analogous to "OK")
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FER For
FREQ Frequency
GA Good afternoon or Go ahead (depending on context)
GE Good evening
GM Good morning
GND Ground (ground potential)
GUD Good
HI Laughter
HR Here
HV Have
LID Poor operator
MILS Milliamperes
NIL Nothing
NR Number
OB Old boy
OC Old chap
OM Old man (any male amateur radio operator is an OM)
OO Official Observer
OP Operator
OT Old timer
OTC Old timers club
OOTC Old old timers club
PSE Please
PWR Power
QCWA Quarter Century Wireless Association
R I acknowledge or decimal point (depending on context)
RCVR Receiver
RPT Repeat or report (depending on context)
RST Signal report format (Readability-Signal Strength-Tone)
RTTY Radioteletype
RX Receive
SAE Self addressed envelope
SASE Self addressed, stamped envelope
SED Said
SEZ Says
SIG Signal
SIGS Signals
SKED Schedule
SN Soon
SOS international distress call
SRI Sorry
STN Station
TEMP Temperature
TMW Tomorrow
TNX Thanks
TU Thank you
TX Transmit
U You
UR Your or you're (depending on context)
URS Yours
VY Very
WDS Words
WKD Worked
WL Will
WUD Would
WX Weather
XMTR Transmitter
XYL Wife
YL Young lady (used of any female)
73 Best regards
88 Love and kisses