By my last line I meant hams as far back as I can remember.
Also, one of the other terms which crept in from CB is "what is your
personal?". I even heard an Australian ham ask someone that question on 10
meters SSB a couple of years ago. Also we have had newbys come on a
roundtable frequency trying to break in by saying QSK or CQ. I've heard
both. Maybe the technician test should have one of the questions on the
question pool as to the proper way to break into a QSO (another Q-signal
term hi hi!). Also, in what book does it say the term "break", referring to
a VHF repeater, mean "emergency"? All of that is perfect nonsense.
Jim
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Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Radio Procedure-on phone
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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