Did you mean "they have" as in CB'ers saying "73's" or hams? The
misuse of "73's" goes back a lot further than the advent of Citizen's
Band radio. Just do a Google Image search of "W1AW QSL" or "1AW QSL"
and you'll see "The Old Man" himself was guilty of this faux pas. Case
in point, he signed the back of his QSL card "Best 73's 1AW H. P. Maxim"
see link to image:
http://www.telegraph-office.com/pages/images/Maxim_signature.JPG
Another example appears here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/w8jyz.Bob/OldQSLCardsTheEarlyDays/photo#5136931525198515858
vy 73, K2CD, Mike
Jim Abercrombie wrote:
They have always said (although incorrectly) 73's which means
"plenty of best wishes".
Jim Abercrombie N4JA (an original non-vanity call) ex- K4BMS
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