Morse Code Abbreviations
Morse Code text is made more efficient with abbreviations.
Here are some of the most common ones.
The GB2RS Morse Code Player [ available here ] uses these abbreviations, and they are common in general Morse Code conversation, so the Morse Code Player is a great way to get familiar with them.
Click either of the headers to sort either column in alphabetic order. If you repeat click, you will get ascending or descending order.
 Word / Phrase |
Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| 1 | A (example serial number A23 for 123 in a contest exchange) |
| 9 | N (example 5NN for 599) |
| about | abt |
| administration | admin |
| afternoon | pm |
| again | agn |
| American Radio Relay League | ARRL |
| and | es |
| antenna | ant |
| Bad operator | lid |
| be seeing you! | bcnu |
| been | bn |
| best wishes (most common) | 73 |
| best wishes + love & kisses | 161 (73+88) |
| best wishes (in low power contacts) | 72 |
| Break (request to break into a conversation) | BK |
| bureau | buro |
| Calling... | CQ |
| callsign | c/s |
| certificate | cert |
| Change frequency | QSY |
| close down | QRT |
| condition | condx |
| conditions | condx |
| confirm | QSL |
| contact | QSO |
| Do you have more to say? | QRU |
| end of contact | SK ...-.- |
| end of message | AR .-.-.
|
| Error | EEEEEEEE ........ 8 dits
|
| Europe | eu |
| examination | exam |
| excellent | FB (fine business) |
| fading | QSB |
| first | 1st |
| forecast | fcst |
| forward | fwd |
| frequency | freq |
| frequencies | freqs |
| from | fm |
| from [callsign] | de [callsign] |
| girl/girlfriend/young lady | yl |
| good | gud |
| going | gng |
| high power | QRO |
| information | info |
| interference | QRM |
| interference (deliberate) | DQRM |
| happy | hpi |
| have | hv |
| Laugh or :-) | HI |
| Location | QTH |
| Logbook of the World | LOTW |
| Long distance | DX |
| Love & Kisses | 88 |
| low power <10W | QRP |
| low power <1W | QRPP |
| man/gentleman | om |
| many | mni |
| manager | mgr |
| mobile | /m |
| morning | am |
| Over to anyone | K |
| Over to you ONLY | KN -.--. |
| please | pse |
| portable | /p |
| power | pwr |
| Radio Society of Great Britain | RSGB |
| read | rd |
| readability/signal/tone | RST |
| ready | QRV |
| receive | rx |
| relay (a message) | QSP |
| repeat | agn |
| repeater | rptr |
| Roger / yes | r |
| serial number | s/n |
| second | 2nd |
| see you again | CUAGN |
| Silent key (deceased operator) | sk |
| slow down | QRS |
| speed up | QRQ |
| static/atmospheric noise | QRN |
| station | stn |
| take | tk |
| thanks | tnx |
| thank you | tu |
| third | 3rd |
| this is [callsign] | de [callsign] |
| through | thru |
| transmit | tx |
| very | vy |
| wait (alternative to QRX) | AS .-... |
| wait (alternative to AS) | QRX |
| weather | wx |
| wife | xyl |
| with | wid |
| worked | wkd |
| would | wud |
| year | yr |
| you | u |
| you are | ur |
| your | ur |
| you're | ur |
| yourself | urslf |
| Monday | Mon |
| Tuesday | Tue |
| Wednesday | Wed |
| Thursday | Thu |
| Friday | Fri |
| Saturday | Sat |
| Sunday | Sun |
| January | Jan |
| February | Feb |
| March | Mar |
| April | Apr |
| June | Jun |
| July | Jul |
| August | Aug |
| September | Sep |
| October | Oct |
| November | Nov |
| December | Dec |
73, de Graham, G4JBD