On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 03:43:36 +1000, Graeme Cant
wrote:

309 wrote:

All of the aruguing aside, can anybody out there tell me a little of
the history of QNH, QFE, and QNE (etc.), specifically, WHAT does the
"Q" stand for??? The "F"? The "N", the "H" or the "E"???

The three letter "Q" codes date back to W/T, radio operators and Morse
code. They were a shorthand way of requesting/passing information and I
don't recall any where the other letters have any significance.

I don't know, but wonder with the thought in creating Morse (most
common letters easiest to send), if the letters for the most common
(at the time?) were the least confusing and/or shortest sent in
combination?