Subj : Morse for @
To   : David Pratt
From : Fane
Date : Wed Aug 30 2000 03:47 pm

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 (@)?

FYI, Morse Academy v5.2r (the best Morse teaching programme, in my opinion, and
for DOS!) maps .-... prosign AS to the @ sign.  I don't know if it is just this
programme or not.  I suggest emailing the author to see if he got the idea from
somewhere else, or just picked a random key (joe@speroni.com).  Unfortunately
..-... is already widely used.

 DP>  We obviously need one now that @ is again in very common
 DP> use.

I agree.  It would be nice to see an ASCII type standard encompassing a LOT of 
currently missing symbols that could be internationally recognized, beyond
local use.  But who decides?  I would say that if the ARRL published it in QST,
it would be widely accepted.

Fane, W5WMW, Owner of ROCKETRY Worldwide FidoNet Echo
1:170/170.0   w5wmw@arrl.net   +1 918 455 5806 -- Fax

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