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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. Re:spelling it out is faster? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That wont work, figure an email address like

    cat@atnt.org
    which when transmitted letter by letter min morse
    code would in your case be;
    c a t a t a t n t . o r g

    where is the 'at'==@ in that letter sequence?

  2. 21st century by QuasiDon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Since email was one of the first things used on the internet, why would adding the @ symbol bring Morse Code into the 21st century? Wouldn't it just bring it later into the mid 20th century?