[Elecraft] "Q" signal trivia

[Wayne Conrad]

"73's" appears to go back farther than that:

     http://www.mikezulu.com/73s.htm

See esp. the QSL cards at the bottom, signed by the old man himself.

73s, Wayne Conrad  KF7QGA

On 07/18/11 13:01, n5ge at n5ge.com wrote:
>
> I'm of the opinion that it started in the early CB days when all the CBer's were
> putting "Seventy Thirds" on each other when signing off or going to their next
> harassment frequency. ;o)
>
> 73's or 73s, whichever it is, is still incorrect.  Would you say "best
> regardses" to someone?
>
> 73 is the number used in Amateur Radio messages to represent the phrase, "best
> regards", in order to shorten message lengths.  If you said 73s to a message
> handler he might ask you how many 73s you wanted him to put in a row in the
> message.