[ARC5] Q-5er

[Henry Mei'l's]

Maybe it's a play on "Q for quality" and 5 was the top QSA and QRK report.
(Now I've emptied my 2 cents piggy bank .. no more comments from here)
Henry, Cph. 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D C *Mac* Macdonald" <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
To: <wrcromwell at gmail.com>; "ARC-5 Mail List" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Q-5er


> 
> I'm pretty sure that Q-Multipliers first
> came out in the mid 50s, Bill, quite a
> bit after the end of WW II.
> 
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> * 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 *
> * (Since 30 Nov 53) *
> * Oklahoma City, OK *
> * USAF, Ret (61-81) *
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>> From: wrcromwell at gmail.com
>> To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 15:17:19 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Q-5er
>>
>> Hi Ken,
>>
>> I vaguely remember something about a signal report of Q5 or some such
>> thing that meant a good copy. That might not be quite right or
>> completely wrong. But the Q5ers I have and others I know about don't
>> have a Q multiplier involved so that might not be right, too. Maybe
>> earlier "Q5ers" did use a Q multiplier - before there were R-23 radios.
>>
>> Any help here?
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Bill KU8H      
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