Serious question. What does "73" mean?

I have a stack of "73"mags. I'm not a ham however.
If I was, I of course would know.

Anybody? I know it's a stupid question, but I don't know.

TIA,

Dennis

On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 13:51:26 -0600, Dennis Howdy
wrote:

Serious question. What does "73" mean?

I have a stack of "73"mags. I'm not a ham however.
If I was, I of course would know.

"Best wishes" or something of that nature.
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On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 13:51:26 -0600, Dennis Howdy
wrote:

Serious question. What does "73" mean?

I have a stack of "73"mags. I'm not a ham however.
If I was, I of course would know.

"Best wishes" or something of that nature.
--

The BBC: Licensed at public expense to spread lies.

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says...


On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 13:51:26 -0600, Dennis Howdy
wrote:

Serious question. What does "73" mean?

I have a stack of "73"mags. I'm not a ham however.
If I was, I of course would know.

"Best wishes" or something of that nature.
--

The BBC: Licensed at public expense to spread lies.


Yes, but why "73", why not "74", or even "69".


-Dennis

In article ,
says...


On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 13:51:26 -0600, Dennis Howdy
wrote:

Serious question. What does "73" mean?

I have a stack of "73"mags. I'm not a ham however.
If I was, I of course would know.

"Best wishes" or something of that nature.
--

The BBC: Licensed at public expense to spread lies.


Yes, but why "73", why not "74", or even "69".


-Dennis

Dennis Howdy wrote:
In article ,
says...


On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 13:51:26 -0600, Dennis Howdy
wrote:

Serious question. What does "73" mean?

I have a stack of "73"mags. I'm not a ham however.
If I was, I of course would know.

"Best wishes" or something of that nature.

Yes, but why "73", why not "74", or even "69".

The American Radio Relay League published, some years back, a list
of frequently-used expressions. These were numbered, so that "Best
Regards; Love and Kisses" could be encoded as "73;88".

"Best Regards" (or whatever it is) just happened to be number 73
in the list.

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Dennis Howdy wrote:
In article ,
says...


On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 13:51:26 -0600, Dennis Howdy
wrote:

Serious question. What does "73" mean?

I have a stack of "73"mags. I'm not a ham however.
If I was, I of course would know.

"Best wishes" or something of that nature.

Yes, but why "73", why not "74", or even "69".

The American Radio Relay League published, some years back, a list
of frequently-used expressions. These were numbered, so that "Best
Regards; Love and Kisses" could be encoded as "73;88".

"Best Regards" (or whatever it is) just happened to be number 73
in the list.

--
VBScript is designed to be a secure programming environment. It
lacks various commands that can be potentially damaging if used in
a malicious manner. This added security is critical in enterprise
solutions. -- support.microsoft.com

BEST REGARDS

"Dennis" Howdy wrote in message
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Serious question. What does "73" mean?
Dennis

In olden days when sending messages via Morse code (CW) there were many
messages that were the same. There were many greetings and endings which
were also the same. It saved time to have a standard list of message numbers
and just send the numbers.

88 = Love and Kisses

There are all kinds such as "I'm OK. Arrived safely" and the like. I have a
list @home. arrl.org probably has the whole list on their web pages
somewhere.

I don't know what 74 is, but my dad (W9EHS) always said "74, one better than
anybody else".
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73, Steve N, K,9;d, c. i My email has no u's.

BEST REGARDS

"Dennis" Howdy wrote in message
...
Serious question. What does "73" mean?
Dennis

In olden days when sending messages via Morse code (CW) there were many
messages that were the same. There were many greetings and endings which
were also the same. It saved time to have a standard list of message numbers
and just send the numbers.

88 = Love and Kisses

There are all kinds such as "I'm OK. Arrived safely" and the like. I have a
list @home. arrl.org probably has the whole list on their web pages
somewhere.

I don't know what 74 is, but my dad (W9EHS) always said "74, one better than
anybody else".
--
73, Steve N, K,9;d, c. i My email has no u's.

Commonly used at the end of conversations between hams, roughly
equivalent to "best regards." Or more informally like "Aloha" or
"Caio." Abbreviations like that grew out of the desire to shorten
commonly sent words and phrases when using Morse or International
Code.

Cheers,
Tom

Dennis Howdy wrote in message ...
Serious question. What does "73" mean?

I have a stack of "73"mags. I'm not a ham however.
If I was, I of course would know.

Anybody? I know it's a stupid question, but I don't know.

TIA,

Dennis