28 Oct
2001
28 Oct
'01
11:24 a.m.
John Lawson:
FB OM YR SIGS 599 RPT 599 QSL VIA BURO TNX ES 73 DE
KB6SCO
pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com (Pete Turnbull):
It's (mostly standard) radio ham CW (continuous
wave) abbreviations, used
to save keying too much morse.
To those dismayed at the mangulations of language being
used by some people in email these days, this just goes
to show that there's nothing new under the sun. :-)
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