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''Revision July 2017 by W0DBW: The last revision to this article corrects the point that "Break Break" is not necessarily an Internationally recognized call for an emergency. It is somewhat of a standard in North America. Furthermore, the ARRL seems to be pushing to abolish the use of the word "Break" in any context within amateur radio. They don't want hams saying "break," "break break," or "break break break." But don't worry, there's plenty of room for the code word on 11-meter!''From an article that appeared in the September, 1978, Ham Radio Horizons, entitled "[[So You Want To Be a Lid?]]," by A.J. "Buddy" Massa, W5VSR. "Do you say "Over" or "Break" or the worst "Come back" when you are on the telephone? [...] I do believe that we inherited that one from the CBers. Just find a comfortable roundtable in progress, and say Break or better Break-Break or best Breaker-Breaker."From an article that appeared in the September, 1978, Ham Radio Horizons, entitled "[[So You Want To Be a Lid?]]," by A.J. "Buddy" Massa, W5VSR. "Do you say "Over" or "Break" or the worst "Come back" when you are on the telephone? [...] I do believe that we inherited that one from the CBers. Just find a comfortable roundtable in progress, and say Break or better Break-Break or best Breaker-Breaker." ''Revision July 2017 by W0DBW: The last revision to this article corrects the point that "Break Break" is not necessarily an Internationally recognized call for an emergency. It is somewhat of a standard in North America. Furthermore, the ARRL seems to be pushing to abolish the use of the word "Break" in any context within amateur radio. They don't want hams saying "break," "break break," or "break break break." But don't worry, there's plenty of room for the code word on 11-meter!''
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