Had that same thought some time ago:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oJV0Bv24mHhq_eICUp3L6g4pTy-wItUWfkyT-Uf5z0g/edit?usp=sharing
There are some links, too, and IIRC, one has some of the history.
L was "long", S was "short", X was because it was initially developed
for some sort of targeting (I bet that's not true, though X = 10).
On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 9:51 AM Tom Mayo <tmayo6@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> Does someone have an explanation behind the band names like "L", "S", "C",
> "X", etc?
>
> Why were they named this way? Any official explanation someone could
> reference (not hearsay)?
>
> Thanks,
> Tom, N1MU.
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