You beat me to it!!!
What does 73 mean? It means "best regards"
I think 73's got started from 11 meters.... "3's and 8's to ya" And then
there is new operators that are using "personal" instead of name.
That one really gets me. My guess, proper usage of the English language is
out the window!
73
Jim W7RY
At 06:49 AM 6/13/2005, Hank Kohl K8DD wrote:
Sandy wrote:
| | I don't think this is OT, but it may be. However, I think it will be
of | sufficient interest to post.
| The term: "73s" is kind of corruption of "73". Most people ignore
the grammatical
err or implication of it and go on.
| I don't wish to be a horse's patootey, but this is a pet peeve of
mine. The | term "73" translates to "best regards", so expressing it as
"73's" or | "seventy-thirds" is inappropriate. That would translate to
"best regardses".
I don't have much of an opinion on Q signals on the phone bands .... Used
properly they are ok when
they take less time than the "spoken equivalent"!
(OF mode on)
73's makes me cringe ..... even more than the occasional use of 10-4!
Far as I'm concerned it is 7 3 - not seventy three.
7 3 (seven three)
Hank K8DD
(OF mode off)
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