[CW] ~ (Tilde) in Morse

Sun, 7 Sep 2003 12:03:48 -0400

BT is  double dash or equals sign  =
DU is single dash or hyphen/subtraction sign -

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan W." <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: [CW] ~ (Tilde) in Morse


> 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
>
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