27 Oct
2001
27 Oct
'01
10:38 a.m.
On Oct 27, 11:50, Ron Hudson wrote:
For the rest of us, what kind of greek is that? : ^ )
John Lawson wrote:
>
> FB OM YR SIGS 599 RPT 599 QSL VIA BURO TNX ES 73 DE KB6SCO
FB "fine business"
OM old man
YR your
SIGS signal is
599 5 (readability) 9 (strength) 5 (tone, IIRC)
RPT I repeat
599 5 x 5 x 9
QSL "can you acknowledge receipt"
VIA via
BURO QSL Bureaus are clearing houses for QSL cards, used to save
postage costs when contacting people overseas etc (and useful
for places with unreliable mail)
TNX thanks
ES and
73 best regards
DE from
KB6SCO (callsign)
It's (mostly standard) radio ham CW (continuous wave) abbreviations, used
to save keying too much morse.
I'm sure several people on the list read that straight off without much
thought, but I confess I had to think about some of them, it's been so long
since I listened :-)
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York