[PCR-1000] Newbie Question

[A10382]

Hi Bill & Tammie,

73 is a bit of radio shorthand for 'regards'

The 's' after 73 (as in 73s) is redundant - 73 is already plural.  Another
rather humorous one is 88 - generally meaning love and kisses ( a more
personal and endearing 73).

There are also a lot of other radio shorthand called 'prosigns'.  They were
originally designed for CW (Morse code) and even radio teletype as
abbreviations to shorten message time.   You can find a lot of prosigns on
the ARRL web site (do a site search once et www.arrl.org

The old wire-line Teletype had its own set of abbreviations, also to reduce
message length and reduce the chance of misunderstanding.

Just a few of the few dozen Prosigns:

QSO  Conversation OK
QSY  Change frequency
QRM  Interference
QRN   Static
QRT   Stop sending
QRZ  What's your sign (call sign, not ziodiac)

There are a few dozen prosigns, that you will eventually get to remember.

Each one has a slightly different meaning depending on which side of the
message it is about.  As an example:  QRM from the message recipient
indicates that the message was interfered with.  From the message sender it
is a question "Is my message being interfered with?"

73
Frank
 ._._.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill & Tammie" <bltlawrence12@worldnet.att.net>
To: <pcr-1000@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: [PCR-1000] Newbie Question


> I have notice alot of people with this (73's)! what the deal with this?
>
> Bill



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