What is wrong with being polite?
73s
Lou
Tom Hammond NØSS wrote:
> >I talked with Georgia ARES/NTS personnel and the phrase "please copy" did
> >not come from them.
>
> For what little I'm sure it'll be worth... Even though my operation has
> been 95% CW, I began operating in sectional phone nets in about 1959,
> though it wasn't until probably 1965 or so that I began hearing "Please
> copy" used by some operators. By the late '60s it was quite a bit more
> prominent (at least in the Midwest). I believe it's still seen regularly on
> a number of phone nets... usually local or sectional, rather than regional
> or larger.
>
> Granted, it's not good operating procedure, but it IS something many ops
> have grown up with and will continue to do so until those who use it stop
> doing so.
>
> 73,
>
> Tom N0SS
>
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