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As others have mentioned, 73 means "best regards" in hamspeak.
It comes from the days of the telegraph, when a group of numbers were used as a sort of shorthand for common phrases and functions. The number 73 meant that the signature immediately followed, sort of like: 73, Roy Lewallen, W7EL A lot of hams like to say "73's" which of course means "best regardses", an endearing and Gollum-like affectation. These are, I suspect, the same general group that go to ATM machines, use TTL logic, and watch LCD displays. . . |