Subj : MORSE FOR @
To : Fane
From : David Pratt
Date : Fri Sep 01 2000 12:51 am
-=> Quoting Fane to David Pratt <=-
Fa> FYI, Morse Academy v5.2r (the best Morse teaching programme, in my
Fa> opinion, and for DOS!) maps .-... prosign AS to the @ sign. I don't
Fa> know if it is just this programme or not.
Morse v2.15 by David R Barker of GHZ Engineering, Holualoa, HI is my
favourite, Fane, and that also map @ as .-... I presume that it
was simply a matter of assigning a key for the "wait" symbol. On the
other hand, MorseCat (for Windows) by DK5CI (which uses the sound
card) does not have the @ key allocated.
DP> We obviously need one now that @ is again in very common
DP> use.
Fa> I agree. It would be nice to see an ASCII type standard encompassing
Fa> a LOT of currently missing symbols that could be internationally
Fa> recognized, beyond local use. But who decides? I would say that if
Fa> the ARRL published it in QST, it would be widely accepted.
Might I suggest you approach the ARRL, Fane? I have e-mailed them
myself but they merely said there was no code sequence for @. It does
need a few people to ask them in order to set the wheels in motion.
73
David
Fa> --- ..- -... .-.. .. . - - .
"Oubliette" - If I remember French from my schooldays, that means
"forgetful", but I can't work out its significance. Maybe it is me
that is suffering from oubliette. Hi!
... 73 es tnx fer QSO OM = pse QWK
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