I eight years as a flier in the Air Force during the Vietnam era and 15 years as private, instrument rated pilot I do not recall ever hearing Copy That on the radio. We were trained to use Niner for Nine because it was easier to be sure what you heard in a series of numbers. It is really important whether you meant Niner thousand or Five thousand feet. The only time I recall hearing Copy That was in the inane commercial where two actors were conversing with a series of Copy Thats. I have heard things like Copy Niner Thousand. To repeat a controllers instruction when it is very important to get it correctly. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke, TDXS DX Chairman K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart
________________________________ From: "Charlie T, K3ICH" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 9:10 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] QRQ CW I always thought the phrase "Copy That" was a holdover from either pilot or military lingo, much like saying "Niner" for the number 9. 73, Chas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 9:35 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] QRQ CW >I have QSOed with W4BQF at 70-90 WPM (thought it's been a few years...) >The > CW sounded fine, though don't know if Tom was running his K3 at the time. > Personally, I never use QSK. I find it annoying to have the noise pop in > between characters. > > Regarding the anti-contesters, to each their own. What grates on my > nerves > is hearing the newer hams start every transmission on 2m FM with "Copy > that," the VHF version of "please copy..." :-) > > Barry W2UP > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/QRQ-CW-tp7588139p7588178.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
