[CW] One Day to Extra Class

[N2EY@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/21/02 3:34:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time,=20
k4kyv@hotmail.com writes:

> Another term I have been hearing in recent years on CW is "op" meaning "my=
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>  name is".  French speaking phone operators say "le nom de l'op=E9rateur=20
>  est..." and I suspect this has carried over in abbrieviated form to CW. =20
>  It's easier and quicker to send than to spell out "name hr is".

"Op" is shorter than "name" or "sine" and means the same thing as both. I'm=20
beginning to use it rather than "name" in all CW QSOs, but 35 years of "name=
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is a little hard to break.

73 de Jim, N2EY