Q is superfluous, cw or kw being its equivalent.
"The English Language"
Robert Gordon Latham
2. The fact that qu is merely kw.
"The English Language"
Robert Gordon Latham
When things were quiet he would 'borrow' a 5 kw transmitter and tune it in the 20 metre band.
"The Dawn of Amateur Radio in the U.K. and Greece A Personal View"
Norman F. Joly