You are the first to bring up the break thing i am a EMT in VA we use
break to mean that we are done talking to one person and are starting on
a new statement for some one else and some times i forget and do it on
2M and you would think it's the end of the world i had a guy dial 911
and had them on the line telling me he was ready for the "break relay"
no sure what that even is
--
73,
Camden Bullock
N2CLB
www.n2clb.com
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow,
for tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own."
Matthew 6:34
Jim Abercrombie wrote:
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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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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