[SOC] The use of BT

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

BT comes from Western Union and land line telegraph usage.  It means
Begin Text.  It is also the symbol = for equals sign.

HR which proceeds a message as in:  HR MSG 1 LONDON 23/22 28 1812 =
means "Hand Ready" - get your hand ready to copy the message.

73

David Ring
N1EA

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Neal Enault <wire2k at prodigy.net> wrote:
> We all know, and use, the prosign "BT", but do we really understand its significance?  i just learned that it is short for "Broken Track", as in "The track is broken, and my train of thought derailed."
>
> 7n, Neal WA6OCP
> #000625
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