And what is Ted supposed to copy?
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Remmock@kbin.social 2 years ago
It's commonly used when you pick up a radio on a public band.
So if you have a jobsite where there are 100 radios, and someone needs to reach Ted, they'll page the radio and say something like "Hey Ted, do you copy?" and Ted will respond with "Go for Ted," which means yes, Ted is here and he's listening, go ahead.
It was used in a small way some 40 years ago and never really caught on.
emberwit@feddit.de 2 years ago
Dyslexic1922@lemmy.sdf.org 2 years ago
Signifying that he received a good copy of the message
darcy@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
ok thank you 😃
Lazylazycat@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Ooooh thank you! I’d always wondered about this too.
4am@lemmy.world 2 years ago
And, if you’ve reached Gopher Ted, you might respond with “Go for Gopher Ted”
Roger, Roger! What’s our vector, Victor?
Tower to radio clearance, over!
That’s Clarance Over!
What? Huh? Who?!?