Contemporary Usage in Amateur Radio
Today, amateur radio operators still use codes 73 and 88 profusely and –30– is used in journalism. Radio-amateurs also occasionally use the code 99 for "Go to Hell", though this may be their own addition to the code-table. The other codes have mostly fallen into disuse.
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