Does anyone know whether there is a Morse character for the Commercial
"at" symbol (@)?

On two occasions recently, I have had reason to send my e-mail address
on CW to foreign stations whose mother tongue was not English.

I have been unable to find any reference to a Morse character for @ in
any of my RSGB or ARRL publications. There are indeed Morse
characters for accented letters, punctuation and even Esperanto, but
no @.

I have approach the RSGB, my own National Society, who seem totally uninterested. Sadly, this is typical of the RSGB.

May I urge everyone to approach their own National Society to
encourage them to seek the introduction of a Morse @. We obviously need
one now that @ is again in very common use.

I would suggest that di-dah-di-di-dah might be a possibility. That is
the very old separation symbol (used to separate whole numbers from
factions), but that has long since been superseded by the dash (dah-di-di-di-dah).

I hope Samual Morse will not be turning in his grave; he should be
proud of us.

73

David

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26 Aug 28 13:23, David Pratt wrote to All:

Does anyone know whether there is a Morse character for the
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.

We obviously need one now that @ is again in very common
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
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26-Aug-00 13:23:57, David Pratt wrote to All
Subject: Morse for @

Does anyone know whether there is a Morse character for the
Commercial "at" symbol (@)?

May I urge everyone to approach their own National Society to
encourage them to seek the introduction of a Morse @. We
obviously need one now that @ is again in very common use.

I would suggest that di-dah-di-di-dah might be a possibility. That
is the very old separation symbol (used to separate whole numbers
from factions), but that has long since been superseded by the
dash (dah-di-di-di-dah).

I hope Samual Morse will not be turning in his grave; he should be
proud of us.

Boy do I remember "da-da-ditty-dah-dah", (as we used to call it), from
my Navy Days. May I suggest that you drop the ARRL an email. They love
to champion these things

-73- Al

Al Kaiser n1api@home.com <=-

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Hello Fane.

30 Aug 00 22:47, you wrote to David Pratt:

26 Aug 28 13:23, David Pratt wrote to All:

Does anyone know whether there is a Morse character for the
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.

.-... means 'wait' in morse code....

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

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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In a message dated 08-30-00, Fane said to David Pratt:

Hello Fane,

Fane>FYI, Morse Academy v5.2r (the best Morse teaching programme, in my Fane>opinion, and for DOS!) maps .-... prosign AS to the @ sign.

That code is the "wait" or "just a moment" signal and has been so for
an eternity. No need to change the meaning of that.

73 de Sam, OH0NC

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.-... means 'wait' in morse code....

Well, that's perfectly appropriate for the internet! <g>

-c-

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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 (joe@speroni.com). 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
richard.brumbaugh@gratisnet.com

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On (01 Sep 00) Al Kaiser wrote to David Pratt...

Boy do I remember "da-da-ditty-dah-dah", (as we used to call it),
from my Navy Days. May I suggest that you drop the ARRL an email.
They love to champion these things

That's a comma "," and well used, hi.

Best regards, (73)
Dick, W5MFD since 1946
richard.brumbaugh@gratisnet.com

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