Subj : Morse for @
To   : Fane
From : Richard Brumbaugh
Date : Thu Aug 31 2000 02:00 am

On (30 Aug 00) Fane wrote to David Pratt...

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.

Yes, I've used it many times.  It means "wait".   Such as I have to
answer the fone, or somethin'.
I have no idea how or when it originated.

Best regards, (73)
Dick, W5MFD since 1946
[email protected]

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