[CW] Character needed in International Morse: exclamation mark

Richard Knoppow 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
Wed Feb 5 15:56:41 EST 2020


     I wonder where this came from. The combination for 
exclamation in American Morse is ---.  I don't think that means 
anything in Continental code.

On 2/5/2020 12:49 PM, Fabian Kurz wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 08:28:32PM +0000, Bruce Prior wrote:
>> The exclamation mark would be very helpful for CW ragchewing. It
>> exists in American Morse, but not International.
>> dah-di-dah-di-dah-dah has been suggested.
> FWIW, I have often heard stations from SM, OZ and LA use ..--. as an
> exclamation mark in rag chew QSOs on the air.
>
> 73
> Fabian, DJ1YFK
>

-- 
Richard Knoppow
1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
WB6KBL



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