Subj : Zeros was Re: Locator map
To   : Ed Vance
From : Holger Granholm
Date : Fri Oct 28 2016 11:48:00

In a message on Friday 10-26-16 Ed Vance said to mark lewis:

Hi Ed,

 ml> ok... just note that the ones i linked above are not dotted or slashed
 ml> zeros... they are a completely different letter of that alphabet... one
 ml> that does not exist in english...

EV> looked at what ALT 216 and ALT 248 in a COMMAND Prompt looked like.

EV> ALT 248 looked to me like a Degree Sign, I have no idea what the
EV> other Symbol meant.

The ALT 216 is a graphic symbol in CP437, in Latin-1 it represents the
slashed O, representing the danish LETTER O (oh) with two dots on top.

 EV> I believe when I Search for someone or log on to the site, they are
 EV> using CP437. But I'm in the U.S.A., a person outside the U.S.A. may
 EV> see their web site displaying the Code Page for their locale.

When you use Windows, use the number zero, because the QRZ database is
apparently built on Latin-1 or something similar.

BTW, I haven't yet updated any info on OH0NC in QRZ.


Have a nice day,

Holger

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