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The '''Ham Radio Email Codes''' are used by ships at sea to communicate via [[ham radio]] email.  Typically, the number codes are questions from shore, and the letter codes are responses.

== Letter codes ==

{| class="wikitable"
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! Letter !! style="text-align:left;"| Meaning
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|align=center| [[A]] || '''All is well'''
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|align=center| [[B]] ||'''Send beer'''
|-
|align=center| [[C]] ||'''Sea a bit choppy''' 
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|align=center| [[D]] ||'''Just saw a dolphin'''
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|align=center| [[E]] ||'''Just saw a mullet''' 
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|align=center| [[F]] ||'''No wind'''
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|align=center| [[G]] ||'''Going to the Bahamas''' 
|-
|align=center| [[H]] ||'''Hurricane''' 
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|align=center| [[I]] ||'''I got better''' 
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|align=center| [[J]] ||'''Collision course'''
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|align=center| [[K]] ||'''Kraken''' 
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|align=center| [[L]] ||'''Just snagged a shrimp net''' 
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|align=center| [[M]] ||'''Hallucinating due to sea sickness patch''' 
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|align=center| [[N]] ||'''Need more sleep'''
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|align=center| [[O]] ||'''Oh no! [[Sharktypus]] attack!'''
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|align=center| [[P]] ||'''Pirates have boarded''' 
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|align=center| [[Q]] ||'''I am the Kwisatz Haderach!''' 
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|align=center| [[R]] ||'''Resorting to cannibalism'''
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|align=center| [[S]] || '''Save me!''' 
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|align=center| [[T]] ||'''[[Morpheus]] test canceled.  Turning back.''' 
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|align=center| [[U]] ||'''Sinking'''
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|align=center| [[V]] ||'''Lovely day''' 
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|align=center| [[W]] ||'''Out of water''' 
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|align=center| [[X]] ||'''Mutiny''' 
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|align=center| [[Y]] ||'''I have scurvy'''
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|align=center| [[Z]] ||'''Abandoning ship'''
|}

== Number/Symbol codes ==

{| class="wikitable"
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! Number !! style="text-align:left;"| Meaning
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|align=center| [[1]] || '''How are you?'''
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|align=center| [[2]] ||'''How's the scurvy?'''
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|align=center| [[3]] ||'''Hello? Are you still alive?'''
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|align=center| [[4]] ||'''Don Picos?'''
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|align=center| [[5]] ||'''Stand by for 5 MB cat pictures'''
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|align=center| [[6]] ||'''Where is your weekly?'''
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|align=center| [[7]] ||'''Timecard night'''
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|align=center| [[8]] ||'''Farm fresh Thursday'''
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|align=center| [[9]] ||'''Sorry to hear that'''
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|align=center| [[#]] ||'''You won't be forgotten'''
|}

== Backup Codes ==

The backup codes are used in the event that the primary codes fail.

{| class="wikitable"
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! Hex !! style="text-align:left;"| Meaning
|-
|align=center| [[0]] || '''Can you do that with a boat?'''
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|align=center| [[a]] || '''What's your boondoggles mug name?'''
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|align=center| [[b]] ||'''Just use the little comb'''
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|align=center| [[c]] ||'''How many tire spares in your car?''' 
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|align=center| [[d]] ||'''Your house is drying out now'''
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|align=center| [[e]] ||'''[[Morpheus]] test sooner... paddle hard''' 
|-
|align=center| [[f]] ||'''Going to the Northwest Passage'''
|}

== Other code words and phrases ==
* '''Pump-U-Suck''' - a hastily-constructed device that allows a severely damaged sailboat drive system to work well enough for a voyage from [[Florida]] to [[Texas]].
* '''73's''' - A euphemism for [[vomit]]ing uncontrollably.

== See also ==
* [[Ham Radio Ranger Morse Code]]
* [[Ham Radio Ranger Alphabet]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.bacliffexplorationsociety.org/web/hrr.html Ham Radio Rangers]
* [http://www.winlink.org/ Winlink]
* [http://www.bacliffexplorationsociety.org/web/Looney.html Spot the Looney]

[[Category:Ham radio]]