In case your question is serious and for others who may not know, in the days of telegraph before radio, operators would tell stories and jokes along an idle circuit. Since 4 dits followed by 2 dits sounds like a laugh -- and 4 beeps is H and 2 beeps is I

Sending HI HI in Morse was a telegraphic laugh and it naturally carried over to radio by CW ops. Used by many today in CW and indeed has carried over to phone as well.

Well in passing a another Ham car -- sending HI in Morse is a Ham motorists Hello.

So much in Amateur Radio jargon is from the telegraph days.

Lets see if any one knows the origin of ES in Morse in lieu of the word AND ???
Answer tommorrow from CL -- I doubt, therefore I might be !
"Paul H. Wray" wrote in message ...
I wonder what the 4 beeps and the 2 beeps are supposed to mean?
Paul
Dan/W4NTI wrote:

wrote in message
oups.com...
KØHB wrote:
K0CKB and I just returned from an 8-week RV vacation. During the
8,500 mile
trip we continuously monitored 146.52, and had our calls and the
statement
"Monitoring 146.52" prominently visible on the rear of our coach.
Most of our
travel was on busy Interstate highways, and in/near populous areas
including
Minneapolis, DesMoines, Kansas City, Topeka, Wichita, OKC, DFW, Waco,
Austin,
San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Brownsville, ElPaso, Las Cruces, Globe,
Phoenix,
Flagstaff, Tucson, Las Vegas, and points between.

Not once were we called on 146.52.

At every population center we announced "K0HB (or K0CKB) monitoring
Five Two",
often more than once.. On only one occasion (thanks WK5C) did we
receive a
reply.

Is .52 broken?

Perhaps they forgot to disable thier K0HB filters?

Had you been in SE Tennessee and I had seen you, you would have
gotten a call. But on the same note, there's been quite a few
occassions where I've passed/been passed by a vehicle with Amateur tags
(or some other "callsign" display), and had my hails go unanswered.

On the other hand, I've gotten several calls, mostly from
18-wheeler Amateurs. Lots of those big rigs are Hams...guess they got
tired of the 10-4 good buddy crowd.

Glad you're home safe, Hans.

73

Steve, K4YZ

I remember whenever you passed a ham or saw his tag that if you sent four
beeps spaced and two more beeps on your horn you would get a friendly
response.

I don't bother anymore.

Dan/W4NTI