For half a century at least (the time I've been pounding brass) ES sent as a word (not a prosign - it gets the inter-character space) has meant "and" on the Amateur circuits and in informal communications on many commercial circuits I've happened to use from time to time.
The challenge for those who want to develop decoders is that many of these things are context-sensitive, like all human language. To work reliably with humans, the decoder has to analyze like a human when reading language. We're a long way from that as far as I can see. I bet most decoders don't know what to do when I say I'm running 10 watts, because I send the zero as an extra long dash using my bug. Even many Hams who have given control of their code to a keyer use a "T" for a zero in that context and I never wonder what they mean when they say PWR HR 1TT WATTS but I bet a decoder, in it's magnificent stupidity, will write it just like that: 1TT. I'll talk "machine" when it's important for a stupid machine to understand me, but the rest of the time they are on their own for better or worse as they struggle to understand "human speak". So, using the CW/RTTY interface, I'll send "and" to make up for the inadequate "intelligence" of the machine. <G>. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Cunnings Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:02 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 CW to Data and "ES" for ampersand? Sure, but we're not using American Morse here - there's no "half step" in International Morse. Whatever - I'm the communications protocol design guy at work, and can't avoid a purist attitude about gateways (CW to ASCII in this case). I can see prosigns used as link control characters since they are distinct codes, but think that International Morse text, numeric, and punctuation characters should pass through untouched - why second guess the intention of the sender? Bob NW8L _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
