[Qcwa] @ morse code symbol

[Jon Pearl - W4ABC]

Here's an audio version of this info...

http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1680529

Click on the "All Things Considered" audio link at the above URL...

Feb. 17, 2004

The International Telecommunications Union nears approval of a measure
codifying the "at" sign -- typical of email addresses, as in
yourname@web.com -- to be signified in Morse code. Morse code users
reportedly want to find a uniform way of sending email addresses to each
other. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Rick Lindquist, news editor at QST,
the journal of the National Association for Amateur Radio.



Jon Pearl - W4ABC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Norm Gertz" <k1aa@cfl.rr.com>
To: <qcwa@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 8:31 PM
Subject: [Qcwa] @ morse code symbol


SYMBOL ADDED TO MORSE CODE