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 (joe@speroni.com).  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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