The Banana Boat Swing and Other Distinctive 'Fists' (1996) (telegraph-office.com) 12 points by twic 7y ago ↗ HN
[–] LeonB 7y ago ↗ RST = “readability, strength, tone” ... a 3 digit number used by hobbyists to exchange information about the quality of a radio signal being received.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-S-T_system
[–] dbcurtis 7y ago ↗ From 2005, my second-favorite old spark’s sea story: “Don’t send QRQ to SUQ”:http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-contest/2005-11/msg00453.htm...(My favorite being a first hand account from W3HUV who by chance happened to be the first op to answer: “SOS DE ICEH”, and was therefore by international law in charge of emergency communications. ICEH being the call sign of the Andrea Doria.)
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(My favorite being a first hand account from W3HUV who by chance happened to be the first op to answer: “SOS DE ICEH”, and was therefore by international law in charge of emergency communications. ICEH being the call sign of the Andrea Doria.)