[CW] Exclamation Mark

[Richard Knoppow]

   ...-. is an old combination for WAIT. Probably predates wireless.

On 2/5/2020 3:30 PM, Bruce Prior wrote:
> On page 45 of the April 1995 issue of _Morsum Magnificat_, I 
> suggested *di-di-di-dah-dit* for the exclamation mark. That 
> punctuation mark is used very commonly when people are texting 
> these days. (I was in Ankara, Turkey at the time, using the 
> call sign TA2ZO. I was serving at the US Embassy there.)
> 73,
> Bruce Prior N7RR / VA7TO
>
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