what does the '73' mean?
 

Sorry for the silly question but what does the '73' mean with which
some folks end their messages? Is it some sort if varient of a
SINPO or SIO code?

Best,
-Al
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"Al Arduengo" wrote in message
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Sorry for the silly question but what does the '73' mean with which
some folks end their messages? Is it some sort if varient of a
SINPO or SIO code?


Just a short way of saying "best wishes" see
http://www.qsl.net/w5www/73.html

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Simon Mason
Anlaby
East Yorkshire.
53°44'N 0°26'W
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

Al Arduengo wrote:

Sorry for the silly question but what does the '73' mean with which
some folks end their messages? Is it some sort if varient of a
SINPO or SIO code?

Best wishes or best regards. It's a Morse code 'abbreviation'.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

"Simon Mason" writes:

"Al Arduengo" wrote in message
...
Sorry for the silly question but what does the '73' mean with which
some folks end their messages? Is it some sort if varient of a
SINPO or SIO code?


Just a short way of saying "best wishes" see
http://www.qsl.net/w5www/73.html

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Ahh. Thanks!

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N8KDV wrote:

Al Arduengo wrote:


Sorry for the silly question but what does the '73' mean with which
some folks end their messages? Is it some sort if varient of a
SINPO or SIO code?


Best wishes or best regards. It's a Morse code 'abbreviation'.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm


And 73's as some say is incorrect. 73 means best regards (plural), so
adding a 's makes it a double plural, as in best regardses.

Al Arduengo wrote:

Sorry for the silly question but what does the '73' mean with which
some folks end their messages? Is it some sort if varient of a
SINPO or SIO code?

Best,
-Al
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As others have correctly pointed out the morse code signal 73 means
"best regards" as is. This and the signal 88 (love and kisses) appear
in several lists of accepted morse code abbreviations overlapping with
the accepted Phillips code abbreviations used by morse operators for
many decades, both amateur and commercial. I wonder if these 2 signals
were originally of the list of ARL numbered signals for use in amateur
radiograms...those however are always prefaced by the term ARL and are
always spelled out (in my lists of ARL numbers, the signals 73 and 88
are skipped over). It's truely amazing how standardized international
morse code became, though it has been used over a hundred years roughly
- makes you wonder how much of modern communications will even be
remembered 10 years in the past with all the proprietary incompatibility
going on.

G. Skiffington wrote:

Al Arduengo wrote:


Sorry for the silly question but what does the '73' mean with which
some folks end their messages? Is it some sort if varient of a
SINPO or SIO code?

Best,
-Al
--
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As others have correctly pointed out the morse code signal 73 means
"best regards" as is. This and the signal 88 (love and kisses) appear
in several lists of accepted morse code abbreviations overlapping with
the accepted Phillips code abbreviations used by morse operators for
many decades, both amateur and commercial. I wonder if these 2 signals
were originally of the list of ARL numbered signals for use in amateur
radiograms...those however are always prefaced by the term ARL and are
always spelled out (in my lists of ARL numbers, the signals 73 and 88
are skipped over). It's truely amazing how standardized international
morse code became, though it has been used over a hundred years roughly
- makes you wonder how much of modern communications will even be
remembered 10 years in the past with all the proprietary incompatibility
going on.


Interesting, with regard to International Morse code (CW) having been
standardized for so many years...a new character was added only this
past week! The "at-sign" (@) is now a Morse code character. It's
"dit-dah-dah-dit-dah-dit" (as in symbols for a and c run together).

/Carl - w5su
Dallas TX

Carl Solomon wrote:



G. Skiffington wrote:

Al Arduengo wrote:


Sorry for the silly question but what does the '73' mean with which
some folks end their messages? Is it some sort if varient of a
SINPO or SIO code?

Best,
-Al
--
~/.signature




As others have correctly pointed out the morse code signal 73 means
"best regards" as is. This and the signal 88 (love and kisses) appear
in several lists of accepted morse code abbreviations overlapping with
the accepted Phillips code abbreviations used by morse operators for
many decades, both amateur and commercial. I wonder if these 2 signals
were originally of the list of ARL numbered signals for use in amateur
radiograms...those however are always prefaced by the term ARL and are
always spelled out (in my lists of ARL numbers, the signals 73 and 88
are skipped over). It's truely amazing how standardized international
morse code became, though it has been used over a hundred years roughly
- makes you wonder how much of modern communications will even be
remembered 10 years in the past with all the proprietary incompatibility
going on.


Interesting, with regard to International Morse code (CW) having been
standardized for so many years...a new character was added only this
past week! The "at-sign" (@) is now a Morse code character. It's
"dit-dah-dah-dit-dah-dit" (as in symbols for a and c run together).

(Whoops - my mistake...it was last MONTH, not last WEEK, that the new
character was added. Sorry 'bout that).




/Carl - w5su
Dallas TX

Read the origins and meaning of 73 through out the years at URL:
http://ac6v.com/73.htm#73

Lots more origins and Ham Speak there as well

Such as
Origin Of Ham Version I Origin of Ham - Version II Origin Of Lid
Origin Of BoatAnchor Why Do We Use LSB Below 9 MHz and USB Above
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Origin Of SOS Origin of PAN PAN
Origin Of DX Origin Of Roger Wilco
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What Happened To The B- Battery ????
Why Do Hams Abbreviate Everything ?
Origin of The RST System and S-Meter
Reports 5 by 5 and Loud and Clear
Origin OF Q, R, X, and Z Codes
Origin Of Voice Numbers Like Niner
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Origin Of DE Origin of CQ Origin of 73
Origin Of USA Callsigns
Origin of es = and in CW
When Was AVC Invented ?


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If you can't convince them, confuse them.
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"Al Arduengo" wrote in message
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Sorry for the silly question but what does the '73' mean with which
some folks end their messages? Is it some sort if varient of a
SINPO or SIO code?

Best,
-Al
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