[CW] ~ (Tilde) in Morse

Alan W. [email protected]
Sat, 6 Sep 2003 21:26:06 -0400


Uranito

Aha!  For the ~ sign (tilde), it is the the Spanish speakers who get their
turn!

When I send that in Morse, I send the word "TILDE".  It does not occur very
frequently, so it is not a problem to spell out.

For the  \  sign ("back slash")  I usually use the normal slash / - because
in a URL, forward slashes and back slashes occur in different locations.  So
the receiving station can figure it out because of its context.

The double dash (which people now write as an = sign (which I learned to
write as a long dash or as [BT] with a line over it) can be used for the
dash mark "-" but the official dash I think is  [6T] - four dits in the
center - instead of [BT].

Bueno "De Equis" Amigo

Alan W. N5LF