[HCARC] 73
W4wj at aol.com
W4wj at aol.com
Sat Jul 14 22:32:55 EDT 2012
Of course 73 is our amateur radio
shortcut for 'Best Wishes'
For those of you nerds who watch The Big Bang Theory
Sheldon occasionally wears a tee with 73 on it. Not
for ham radio but for:
"The best number is 73.... 73 is the twenty-first prime number.
Its mirror, 37, is the twelfth and its mirror, 21, is the product of
multiplying (hang on to your hats) 7 and 3.... In binary,
73 is a palindrome: 1-0-0-1-0-0-1, which backwards is 1-0-0-1-0-0-1."
73, something we have used for years because we also
knew it was 'The Best Number'.....
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