[CW] Morse code for ! and #

[Radio K0HB]

Back then the only punctuation in a Naval message was "X".  Never knew what a question mark was, in fact "IMI" was a repeat signal.  If there absolutely needed to be punctuation in a Naval message it was spelled.  "PD" = period, "CMM" = comma, "PAREN" = open parenthesis, "UNPAREN" = close parenthesis! and "QUERY" = question mark.  We used Underwood mills, and never touched the shift key at all when copying traffic.


73, de Hans, K-zero-Heavenly-Body (What my sweetie calls me)

On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 1:42 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:

> If the British Army uses UK barred for a CAPS shift signal, what is "Stan
> Barr", barred used for?  I hope it stands for "Magna Carta Libertatum"
> surely one of the greatest documents ever produced by any people.
> *di-di-dit-dah-di-dah-dah-di-dah-di-di-di-di-dah-di-dah-di-di-dah-dit*
> (stanbarr
> barred, that is sent as one symbol) is elegant enough, is or is that taking
> the barring to an unheard of level?
> I shall never again think of Stan Barr without thinking of the Magna Carta.
> 73
> DR
> On Jan 5, 2014 3:30 AM, "Stan Barr" <g0clv at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>> On 01/04/2014 20:07, Ken Brown wrote:
>> >
>> >> And of course the code gives the ability to produce upper and lower
>> >> case so you could shout in morse if necessary ;-).
>> >
>> > Is there already a Morse character to indicate shift? If so what is it?
>> >
>> The British Army used (and probably still do) UK barred
>> di-di-dah-dah-di-dah  as a caps shift
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cheers and 73,
>> Stan Barr G0CLV GQRP-3369 FISTS-667  g0clv at dsl.pipex.com
>>
>> "Never leave well enough alone." -  Raymond Loewy
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