> This of course is the Spanish word for "and",
I'm confused. The Spanish word for "and" is "y". Maybe you meant that hams use "es" instead of "is"?
I'm confused. The Spanish word for "and" is "y". Maybe you meant that hams use "es" instead of "is"?
Now I'm not sure what the derivation of "es" is. It's definitely used to mean "and", but I don't know why.
In any case, thanks for the correction.
Update: I just figured out where I got the mixed up Spanish connection! There is a Spanish word used as a Morse code abbreviation, and in fact it's used in every QSO. It's not "es", it's "de" which means "from" both in Spanish and on CW/Morse. So I had the right idea, wrong word.
hi hi tks es 73 de WJ6V