[Qcwa] "Bang" for "!" ? Was - Whatever happened to "da da di di da da"??

Sun, 22 Feb 2004 23:52:53 -0500

I wonder if hams could get together and propose a new symbol for "!", or
"bang" as it's pronounced in programming.  My suggestion would be the
letters BG, _..._..  But that's just my thought.  What do you all think?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Norm Gertz [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 10:14 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Qcwa] Re: Whatever happened to "da da di di da da"??
> 
> 
> Harvey.....we are faced with the conflict between man and 
> machine....the code readers are not as flexible as the human 
> radio operators.....sorry to say.
> 
> 73    Norm    K1AA
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Harvey&Bessie" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 11:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [Qcwa] Re: Whatever happened to "da da di di da da"??
> 
> 
> > Naw! --..-- was the exclamation point, which was changed to 
> the comma 
> > at
> the same time the
> > previous comma, .-.-.- was changed to the period, leaving 
> us without 
> > an
> exclamation point.
> > Now most cw ops just send "WOW" where they formerly sent !. 
> The former
> period .. .. ..
> > would be copied as iii on code readers and automatic electronic 
> > copying
> machines
> > (forerunners of the modern computer). They also changed the "close
> parenthesis" character
> > to accommodate copying machines: we formerly used -.--.- for both 
> > "open
> parenthesis" and
> > "close parenthesis," now ( is -.--.- and ) is -.--. This 
> change seems 
> > to
> have escaped
> > attention of most hams. Personally, I can't see the need 
> for the @ as 
> > a cw
> character, I
> > have been sending it as "at" and everybody seems to know 
> what I mean. 
> > But,
> of course,
> > code-reading computers would just write the word "at."
> > 73,
> > Harvey/W4TG
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