[SFDXA] Of course 73 is our amateur radio, shortcut for 'Best Wishes'
Bill
bmarx at bellsouth.net
Sun Jul 15 08:32:25 EDT 2012
From the CWOPS List:
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'.....
73, Art W6KY
www.w6ky.com
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