I'm of the opinion that it started in the early CB days when all the CBer's were putting "Seventy Thirds" on each other when signing off or going to their next harassment frequency. ;o)
73's or 73s, whichever it is, is still incorrect. Would you say "best regardses" to someone? 73 is the number used in Amateur Radio messages to represent the phrase, "best regards", in order to shorten message lengths. If you said 73s to a message handler he might ask you how many 73s you wanted him to put in a row in the message. 73, Tom Amateur Radio Operator N5GE ARRL Lifetime Member QCWA Lifetime Member On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:57:43 -0600, "Gary D Krause" <[email protected]> wrote: >I think the reason 73's came about is that many of us, myself included, repeat >it twice at the end of a CW QSO. > >Gary, N7HTS > > >On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:46:41 -0600 > "Ken - K0PP" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> "Q" signals were established to facilitate communication >> between stations that don't share a common language. >> >> In usual usage a "Q" signal without punctuation is considered >> a statement. If it's followed by a "?", it's meant as a question. >> >> Needless to say, a purist would never use a "Q" signal in voice >> communications, but we all do. "The home QTH here is ... (;-) >> >> Oh ... 73 is correct. 73's isn't. 73's is equivalent to "Good lucks". >> >> 73! >> Ken - K0PP >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:[email protected] > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
