[Elecraft] Use of Abbreviations (OT?)

[Jim W7RY]

You beat me to it!!!

What does 73 mean?  It means "best regards"


I think 73's got started from 11 meters.... "3's and 8's to ya" And then 
there is new operators that are using "personal" instead of name.

That one really gets me. My guess, proper usage of the English language is 
out the window!


73
Jim W7RY



At 06:49 AM 6/13/2005, Hank Kohl K8DD wrote:


>Sandy wrote:
>
>>| | I don't think this is OT, but it may be.  However, I think it will be 
>>of | sufficient interest to post.
>>|    The term: "73s" is kind of corruption of "73".  Most people ignore 
>>the grammatical
>>err or implication of it and go on.
>>
>>| I don't wish to be a horse's patootey, but this is a pet peeve of 
>>mine.  The | term "73" translates to "best regards", so expressing it as 
>>"73's" or | "seventy-thirds" is inappropriate.  That would translate to 
>>"best regardses".
>>
>
>I don't have much of an opinion on Q signals on the phone bands .... Used 
>properly they are ok when
>they take less time than the "spoken equivalent"!
>
>(OF mode on)
>
>73's makes me cringe ..... even more than the occasional use of 10-4!
>Far as I'm concerned it is   7 3 -  not seventy three.
>7 3     (seven three)
>Hank    K8DD
>
>(OF mode off)
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