[SMCARA] FW: Morse Code Enters Cyber Age

[Shapiro, Barry J. CIV NAVAIRSYSCOM]

National Public Radio aired a segment last night on the new Morse code=20
symbol for "@".  The audio clip can be accessed at
http://www.npr.org/rundowns/segment.php?wfId=3D1680529

from All Things Considered, Tuesday, February 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.