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Pastimes : Where the GIT's are going -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ish who wrote (196411)	7/13/2010 8:48:38 PM
From: ManyMoose	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

I can appreciate that, Ish. My first paying job as a fire lookout had me on top of a mountain with a Motorola radio for communications. At that time we had to talk in the 10 code, for whatever reason I'm not sure. 10-4 meant OK "Over" means you're done talking and the other person can talk 10-3 means the conversation is over and the airway is free for other traffic. We were admonished to keep the airways clear and not use air time for gab, a habit that I still have when I go back to the mountain. The modern crop of employees with radios use them like some kind of cell phone, which is very annoying to us old timers. After we got off the mountain it took a while to get out of the habit of using the 10-code when talking on the phone. My pard was on another lookout about ten miles away. Mine was Diablo and his was Hidden Peak. We could see each other. We both got down the same time, and our first telephone conversation went something like this: "Hidden Peak, this is Diablo, over." "This is Hidden Peak, go ahead." "10-4 How about a beer? Over." "10-4 Sounds good. Over." "Your place or mine? Over." "Yours. Over." "10-4, 10-3."