Date:  Wed, 3 May 1995 04:00:42 EDT

From:  kim mckinzey <74525.1614[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]COMPUSERVE.COM>

Subject: 86



"First time I heard the term 86 was in 1959 or so, when my cousin was learning

to

be a ham radio operator. Along with lots of other codes, 86 was the sign-off,

meaning essentially that's it, ain't no more. Obviously, the connotations

continue.



Rima McKinzey



86 isn't the custom sign-off, though, it's R73S.



Grant Barrett"



I can only say that it's what my cousin said. After that he always signed his

letters to me with an 86.



Rima