Subj : Morse for @
To   : All
From : David Pratt
Date : Sat Aug 26 2000 06:23 am

Does anyone know whether there is a Morse character for the Commercial
"at" symbol (@)?

On two occasions recently, I have had reason to send my e-mail address
on CW to foreign stations whose mother tongue was not English.

I have been unable to find any reference to a Morse character for @ in
any of my RSGB or ARRL publications.  There are indeed Morse
characters for accented letters, punctuation and even Esperanto, but
no @.

I have approach the RSGB, my own National Society, who seem totally
uninterested.  Sadly, this is typical of the RSGB.

May I urge everyone to approach their own National Society to
encourage them to seek the introduction of a Morse @.  We obviously need
one now that @ is again in very common use.

I would suggest that di-dah-di-di-dah might be a possibility. That is
the very old separation symbol (used to separate whole numbers from
factions), but that has long since been superseded by the dash
(dah-di-di-di-dah).

I hope Samual Morse will not be turning in his grave; he should be
proud of us.

73

David

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