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Morse Code Enters The 21st Century

Posted by simoniker on from the twiki-twiki dept.

N8TWJ writes "The International Telecommunications Union has decided to bring Morse Code into the 21st century by adding the loved (or hated?) - at (@) symbol. Lets hope the spammers don't start sniffing 20 meters for da-dit-da-dit-dah-dit..." According to the article, Paul Rinaldo, chief technical officer for the American Radio Relay League, says: "It's a pretty big deal... there certainly hasn't been any change [in Morse Code characters] since before World War II."

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  1. the new symbol is moot at this point by linux_author · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    - thanks to folks like Bruce Perens, who advocate the elimination of CW testing for amateur radio operators (http://www.nocode.org), the new symbol won't become part of any official testing for amateur radio operators... - get ready for 11-meter operations on all the HF bands!