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Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL Field Day - "Please copy ..."

To: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, "cq contest" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL Field Day - "Please copy ..."
From: "K0HB" <kzerohb@gmail.com>
Reply-to: K0HB <K0HB@ARRL.ORG>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 23:55:11 -0000
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From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 9:45 PM
To: "cq contest" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] ARRL Field Day - "Please copy ..."

> Now I know where the practice of "Please copy ..." came from!
>

It came from our roots in traffic handling, of course.  (You mean I'm 
actually supposed to COPY this stuff?  Why can't I just mash the <f8> 
button?)


73, de Hans, K0HB
"Just a boy and his radio"
http://k0hb.spaces.live.com/
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