[SFDXA] Of course 73 is our amateur radio, shortcut for 'Best Wishes'

[Mike Williams]

That is quite interesting!


73 de W4DL   Mike


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From: "Bill" <bmarx at bellsouth.net>
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Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 8:32 AM
Subject: [SFDXA] Of course 73 is our amateur radio,shortcut for 'Best 
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> 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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