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
| Letter |
Meaning
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| A |
All is well
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| B |
Send beer
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| C |
Sea a bit choppy
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| D |
Just saw a dolphin
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| E |
Just saw a mullet
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| F |
No wind
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| G |
Going to the Bahamas
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| H |
Hurricane
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| I |
I got better
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| J |
Collision course
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| K |
Kraken
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| L |
Just snagged a shrimp net
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| M |
Hallucinating due to sea sickness patch
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| N |
Need more sleep
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| O |
Oh no! Sharktypus attack!
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| P |
Pirates have boarded
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| Q |
I am the Kwisatz Haderach!
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| R |
Resorting to cannibalism
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| S |
Save me!
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| T |
Morpheus test canceled. Turning back.
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| U |
Sinking
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| V |
Lovely day
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| W |
Out of water
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| X |
Mutiny
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| Y |
I have scurvy
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| Z |
Abandoning ship
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Number/Symbol codes
| Number |
Meaning
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| 1 |
How are you?
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| 2 |
How's the scurvy?
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| 3 |
Hello? Are you still alive?
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| 4 |
Don Picos?
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| 5 |
Stand by for 5 MB cat pictures
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| 6 |
Where is your weekly?
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| 7 |
Timecard night
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| 8 |
Farm fresh Thursday
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| 9 |
Sorry to hear that
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| # |
You won't be forgotten
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Backup Codes
The backup codes are used in the event that the primary codes fail.
| Hex |
Meaning
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| 0 |
Can you do that with a boat?
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| a |
What's your boondoggles mug name?
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| b |
Just use the little comb
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| c |
How many tire spares in your car?
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| d |
Your house is drying out now
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| e |
Morpheus test sooner... paddle hard
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| f |
Sailing is a lot like sex: a long, painstakingly arduous task, that just when you think things are going your way... nothing happens. (also applies to Sofware, Hardware, gardening, soccer, hockey, and watching the Naked Gun)
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