I don't know exactly when it originated, but it was all the rage when I was
a Novice in 1967. At the end of a QSO, one station would send "dit dididit
dit" and the other station wound respond "dit dit" as in "shave and a
haircut ... two bits." This eventually got truncated to just two dits at
each end.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 11:54 AM, <n1ix@n1ix.com> wrote:
>
>
> Speaking of things that drive me nuts:
>
> Sending an additional "TEST" at the end of a CQ. IE "CQ TEST N1IX N1IX
> TEST"
>
> This seems to be a rather recent phenomenon. I do mostly S&P and
> invariably
> I send my call on top of the last "TEST".
>
> It would be a lot easier if everyone sent a standard "CQ" string.
>
>
>
> Also, what's with the "dit dit" in response to a successful QSO.
>
>
>
> Dave N1IX
>
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