[Elecraft] What does 72 mean

[Thom LaCosta]

On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> roots. These numbers come from the standards set up for handling
> messages back in the railroad telegraph and Western Union days. I
> believe it was known as the '92 code' and assigned meanings to the
> numbers from 1 to 92, much like the "Q" codes we use today.

Thanks for the jumping-off point....I did a search on 92 code and found
this very interesting site:

http://members.tripod.com/morse_telegraph_club/informat.htm

Thom

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