Dennis 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.

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

TIA,

Dennis

"73" = "Best Regards"
"88" = "Love and Kisses"

do a Google for something called the "Phillips Code" which will show you
about a gazillion abreviations. It was used by WIRE telegraphers, as
opposed to wire-less (radio) CW.

Also HAM = "Had-Alota-Money" (before i got into this hobby) :-)

Harv, AI9NL

Harv nelson wrote:

do a Google for something called the "Phillips Code" which will show you
about a gazillion abreviations. It was used by WIRE telegraphers, as
opposed to wire-less (radio) CW.

And if you want to see an example of a real military codebook, I have
one up on my website at http://mikea.ath.cx, third link down:

US Army Training Codebook, WW2
Divisional Field Code, Training Edition No. 2

Somehow, "73" seems a lot simpler than "OKXV" or "3797", as found in
http://mikea.ath.cx/codebook/pp064-065.jpg.

And yes, I _MUST_ OCR the pages or type them in or something; the
images are too bulky and slow, even though they are an exact
representation of the pages.

--
Mike Andrews

Tired old sysadmin

Harv nelson wrote:

do a Google for something called the "Phillips Code" which will show you
about a gazillion abreviations. It was used by WIRE telegraphers, as
opposed to wire-less (radio) CW.

And if you want to see an example of a real military codebook, I have
one up on my website at http://mikea.ath.cx, third link down:

US Army Training Codebook, WW2
Divisional Field Code, Training Edition No. 2

Somehow, "73" seems a lot simpler than "OKXV" or "3797", as found in
http://mikea.ath.cx/codebook/pp064-065.jpg.

And yes, I _MUST_ OCR the pages or type them in or something; the
images are too bulky and slow, even though they are an exact
representation of the pages.

--
Mike Andrews

Tired old sysadmin