[Elecraft] K3 CW to Data and "ES" for ampersand?

[Kevin Rock]

If I remember my history correctly ES was the American Morse method of  
sending an ampersand.  Leigh was quite correct in mentioning this proword  
as using the half step much like DE uses.  My favorite drift was the  
original HO HO to HEE HEE to HI HI.  Much like the great vowel shift of  
Middle English which was still sliding while William Shakespeare was  
writing his plays and sonnets.  Some of his rhymes no longer work in our  
English but they did then.

My vote is to use the old methods and allow the ampersand its due.
    73,
       Kevin.  KD5ONS





On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:17:01 -0700, Bob Cunnings <bob.cunnings at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> Do you really want to remap words/abbreviations (like the 2 character
> word "es" which is the symbol for the element einsteinium) in this
> way? It's quite all right for prosigns like BT and the "..--"
> mentioned in the operator's manual, but to me it violates the
> principle of "least surprise" - is "es" is a word in other languages
> expressed using International Morse?
>
> Bob NW8L
>
> On 10/10/07, wayne burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Oct 10, 2007, at 9:48 PM, Leigh L Klotz, Jr. wrote:
>>
>> > On p.31, the K3 manual says that the CW abbreviation ES isn't used in
>> > data modes and might lead to confusion.
>> >
>> > Why not recognize it in CW-to-Data and send an ampersand?
>>
>> We'll put this on the wish list, Leigh. Good idea.
>>
>> 73,
>> Wayne
>> N6KR