10-10-14 12:34 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: Windows 10   
      
    HG> @MSGID: <54390902.13434.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    HG> In a message dated 10-08-14, Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:   
      
    HG> Hi Ed,   
   GM Holger,   
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    EV> I looked in the ARRL and ORR Handbooks and a article on Wikipedia   
    EV> about Morse Code and didn't see anything about a CW equivelent for   
    EV> the + .   
      
    EV> Did You ever have a message to send when You were in the Army that   
    EV> had the Plus Sign in it?   
      
    EV> Or were You a Commericial RadioTelegraphy Operator and used + in a   
    EV> message.   
      
    HG> Yes on all accounts. In International Morse .-.-. is the   
    HG> international End of message sign. Please note that there is no   
    HG> space between the code for 'a' and 'r' but they are combined to   
    HG> one code.   
      
    HG> Written out in text that sign is '+'.   
      
   I've seen the End of message signal written as   
   __   
   ar   
      
   in books to mean that the letters are slurred, or as You say combined,   
   but when I'm writing a message to another Ham Radio user I just type   
      
   ar   without the Line over the two letters.   
      
   The use of the "+" sign to indicate End of message reminded me that a   
   long time ago I read to use the "=" sign when hearing a "Break" signal   
   sent over the airwaves.   
      
   --   
   bt   -...-   
      
   You probably use = also, if You even write it down when copying Code.   
   Do You?   
   I always gave every Code Sound a entry on my scratch pad, later I used   
   my typewriter to do the same thing.   
   That is unless someone was sending -...- over and over while they were   
   thinking of what to say next.   
      
   I remember in the late 1950's when I got started in Amateur Radio that   
   another Ham told me he didn't like sending -...- , He would send   
   .... -- -- --   HMMM and continue sending a M while he was thinking of   
   what he wanted to say next.   
      
   I never heard anyone else using HMMM instead of   
      
   --   
   BT  but thought You might get a grin out of me telling You about it.   
      
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