Subj : Morse for @
To : Fane
From : Roy Witt
Date : Fri Sep 01 2000 10:04 am
Hello Fane.
30 Aug 00 22:47, you wrote to David Pratt:
F> 26 Aug 28 13:23, David Pratt wrote to All:
DP>> Does anyone know whether there is a Morse character for the
DP>> Commercial "at" symbol (@)?
F> FYI, Morse Academy v5.2r (the best Morse teaching programme, in my
F> opinion, and for DOS!) maps .-... prosign AS to the @ sign. I don't
F> know if it is just this programme or not. I suggest emailing the
F> author to see if he got the idea from somewhere else, or just picked a
F> random key (
[email protected]). Unfortunately .-... is already widely
F> used.
.-... means 'wait' in morse code....
DP>> We obviously need one now that @ is again in very common
DP>> use.
F> I agree. It would be nice to see an ASCII type standard encompassing
F> a LOT of currently missing symbols that could be internationally
F> recognized, beyond local use. But who decides? I would say that if
F> the ARRL published it in QST, it would be widely accepted.
Computers assign the @ character to digital code #64...perhaps that's a
good starting point. Try typing 64 while holding down the ALT key while
composing a message. I think you'll find that 64 is standard...
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