Subj : Morse for @
To   : David Pratt
From : Al Kaiser
Date : Thu Aug 31 2000 10:26 pm

From the Home Office on Vulcan David Pratt said:



26-Aug-00 13:23:57, David Pratt wrote to All
         Subject: Morse for @

DP> Does anyone know whether there is a Morse character for the
DP> Commercial "at" symbol (@)?

DP> May I urge everyone to approach their own National Society to
DP> encourage them to seek the introduction of a Morse @.  We
DP> obviously need one now that @ is again in very common use.

DP> I would suggest that di-dah-di-di-dah might be a possibility. That
DP> is the very old separation symbol (used to separate whole numbers
DP> from factions), but that has long since been superseded by the
DP> dash (dah-di-di-di-dah).

DP> I hope Samual Morse will not be turning in his grave; he should be
DP> proud of us.

Boy do I remember  "da-da-ditty-dah-dah", (as we used to call it), from
my Navy Days.  May I suggest that you drop the ARRL an email.  They love
to champion these things

-73-  Al

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