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====Informal usage====
[[Image:International Morse Code.svg|right|thumb|315px|Chart of the Morse code letters and numerals.<ref name='itu-r'>{{cite web |url=http://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-M.1677-1-200910-I/ |title=International Morse code Recommendation ITU-R M.1677-1 |date=October 2009 |work=itu.int |publisher=International Telecommunication Union |access-date=23 December 2011}}</ref>]]
'''QAC''' - Taken from the Articles of Association of the South Hampshire International Telegraphy Society, para 9: "...and amongst themselves they shall promote the Use of the Code QAC, which shall be taken as implying "All Compliments" and shall include:- VY 73 73 OM CUL BCNU & mni tnx fer nice/FB/rotten QSO GL GB hpe cuagn wid gud/btr/wrse condx mri Xms Hpi Nw Yr mni hpi rtrns gtgs fer Rosh Hoshanah/Id el Fitr/May Day/Tksgvg 88 to XYL/YL/Widow Ciao Cheerio & gud/FB/best DX or any Part or Parts thereof in any Permutation or Combination.<ref>{{Cite web |title=G2JL Callsign Page |url=https://www.qrz.com/db/G2JL |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=QRZ Callsign Database |language=en-US}}</ref>
'''QLF''' – "Are you sending with your left foot? Try sending with your left foot!" A humorously derogatory comment about the quality of a person's sending.<ref>{{cite web |author=The Free Dictionary |title=Definition of QLF |url=http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/QLF |publisher=The Free Dictionary |access-date=1 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Capitalizing on your Capital Project |url=http://www.arrl.org/news/capitalizing-on-your-capital-project |website=ARRL.org |publisher=American Radio Relay League |access-date=1 July 2016}}</ref>
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