[ETSList] Hudson Division Beacon - e-mail edition - # 35 (.--.-.) = @

Fri, 20 Feb 2004 20:30:41 -0500

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 NPR feature spotlights addition of @ symbol to Morse code (Feb 19, 2004) --
Some hams may have thought they'd left their transceivers turned on Tuesday,
February 17, when the popular National Public Radio afternoon news magazine
All Things Considered ran a piece about the pending addition of the @ symbol
to the official international Morse code lexicon. That's because NPR
introduced and closed the nearly four-minute segment with actual CW,
catching the ear of many hams. ARRL Chief Technology Officer Paul Rinaldo,
W4RI, conceived of the new character, necessary for transmitting e-mail
addresses in CW, among other possible purposes. Assuming approval by
International Telecommunication Union member-states, the new character--the
first added to the code in many, many years--will be "AC" run together
(.--.-.). The new character, Rinaldo says, is both unique in the Morse world
as well as a mnemonic (think of an 'a' wrapped in a 'C'). ATC co-host Robert
Siegel interviewed ARRL Senior News Editor Rick Lindquist, N1RL, for some
background on the change, giving Lindquist an opportunity to mention his
passion for mobile CW operation. The short feature, "Morse Code Enters Cyber
Age," is available on the National Public Radio Web

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Phil Galasso
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 7:44 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [ETSList] Hudson Division Beacon - e-mail edition - # 35

> The International Telecommunications Union nears approval of a measure
> codifying the "at" sign -- typical of email addresses, as in
> [email protected] -- to be signified in Morse code. 

What is the "at" sign in Morse Code?

Phil Galasso
K2PG

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