cw
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conventional wisdom.
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Q is superfluous, cw or kw being its equivalent.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
I built a cw transmitter using four Philips valves.
From The Dawn of Amateur Radio in the U.K. and Greece: a personal view by Joly, Norman F.
As representing the Frankish form, we have more names in the sharper form cw, which is represented by q.
From Surnames as a Science by Ferguson, Robert
Q, as in other languages, is always followed by u, and has a sound which our Saxon ancestors well expressed by cw, as quadrant, queen, equestrian, quilt, inquiry, quire, quotidian.
From A Grammar of the English Tongue by Johnson, Samuel
"They belileve that an not inconsiderable number of dddeeeeeddlllllllcleeeeeece cw pavem ponnun ex-parte opinions are given for what they may be worth."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 1, 1919 by Various
They cooked dinners together, played games and even watched “Riverdale,” the CW series that catapulted Melton to fame a decade ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
Early the following season he suffered a serious knee injury in a reserve game at Murton CW.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
From the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon to the WB and later the CW, television shows geared toward tweens and teens dominated screens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
Together, the companies would operate 265 stations in 44 states, plus the CW Network and NewsNation.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026
The contact was on CW but the signals were so strong that it might well have been on SSB.
From The Dawn of Amateur Radio in the U.K. and Greece: a personal view by Joly, Norman F.
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