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73 to you, Sir.


And o7 as well :D (although o7 is IRC speak, not ham speak :P)


73?


It is a salutary morse code "prosign" on amateur radio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosigns_for_Morse_code

edit: I may be overstating that the token is precisely a prosign.

But if so it will be one of the closely related early electrical communication codes.

https://hamradioprep.com/what-does-73-mean/



'Best wishes' but in morse it takes less time to write 73!




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