[CW] Exclamation point

Richard Knoppow 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
Wed Feb 12 14:36:49 EST 2020


    I've seen the same list somewhere but can't remember where. 
On the web no doubt.
    If no one has done research on the codes used for wire and 
wireless communication I think there is need for it.

On 2/12/2020 11:11 AM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> Hi Doc,
>
> It has some errors.  What it lists for & is not correct it 
> lists the "wait" signal which is official.  Often they list ES 
> which comes from American Morse (landline Morse).  The dollar 
> sign ($) is also unofficial but I have been sent that as dollar 
> sign - the KPH operator who sent it to me asked if I was a USA 
> ship, I said "C" (yes) and then he sent his QSJ (rates) in USA 
> dollars.  $0.49 per word, coast station charge, etc. Otherwise 
> he would send them in GF gold francs which was the 
> International ITU accounting currency for settlements via the 
> Posts and Telegraph administration of the nation - like FCC or 
> in UK it was (at one time) the Post Office.
>
> The rest of  them look OK to me, or did I miss something?
>
> I'm sure the others will correct my vision, which isn't 
> the best these days!
>
> Thanks so much, Dr. Jim!
>
> 73
> DR
>
> 73
> DR
>
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 12:07 PM Dr Jim Kennedy via CW 
> <cw at mailman.qth.net <mailto:cw at mailman.qth.net>> wrote:
>
>     I have a chart that we used which shows the exclamation
>     point in CW to be _._._ _
>
>     image1.png
>
>
>     photo 	
>     	
>     *Dr. Jim Kennedy*
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