Hello Steve,na no deeper meaning,just maybea brain with a few wires crossed,
we all know what a mess that makes! Ha.  Wayne wa2usmss  

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve Forst
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 1:38 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: changed subject: email "codes"

Steve,

Tnx for the clarification.   Who would of  thunk that garbage could have 
a deeper meaning?

73, Steve KW3A

On 1/5/2016 11:49 AM, Steve Dresser wrote:
> Sorry, Steve, but the symbols are not random, and they do have meaning.
> They are the hexadecimal representations of ASCII codes for characters 
> that, for reasons I don't fully understand, the server cannot render
properly.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: January 04, 2016 22:52
> Subject: Re: changed subject: email "codes"
>
>
>> Wayne,
>>
>> I'll be happy to provide you with a magic decoder ring for a small
>> donation   to the KW3A equipment fund.
>>
>> Just kidding of course.    These symbols have no meaning.  They are just
>> extraneous junk that gets inserted into some e-mails for whatever 
>> reason.  It has been a fact of life on this list forever, and short 
>> of unsubscribing, the only options are to live with it, or delete any 
>> message as soon as you see an odd character.
>>
>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>
>> On 1/4/2016 10:31 PM, Wayne Genz wrote:
>>> Hello Tom, can you explain all of them to me? I hate being in the 
>>> dark when there is something being said and I have to assume a 
>>> meaning. There is that word again, I don't like being the first part 
>>> of that word at all. I don't want to make anyone else feel that they 
>>> are either. If you can and are willing can you help me. Wayne wa2usm
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>> On Behalf Of Tom Fowle
>>> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2016 10:03 PM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: changed subject: email "codes"
>>>
>>> I have seen these codes substituted for normal ascii characters as 
>>> long as I've been using email. It appears almost random and 
>>> apparrently has to do with differing standards in how character sets 
>>> are translated and packed for transmission. My experience so far on 
>>> this list is that it's not much worse than many others I'm on.
>>>
>>> Yes, it's a conspiracy, the universe most certainly does "play dice!"
>>>
>>> The only good thing about standards is that there are so many to 
>>> choose from.!
>>> Tom Fowle WA6IVG
>>> On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 05:29:52PM -0500, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>>>> Hey Wayne, If I knew how to turn off the symbols, I would have 
>>>> taken care of it!  It has been a discussion on whether the List is 
>>>> doing this or up to each indedividual.  You make it sound like that 
>>>> I added the
>>> simbols on
>>>> perpous, sure fooled you.    KB2YAA
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Wayne Genz
>>>> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2016 4:00 PM
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: Re: possible news article
>>>>
>>>> Hello, can everyone please stop using special characters when 
>>>> typing an Email. I find it very rude and unacceptable. If you have 
>>>> something to say that you don't want everyone to know, then phone 
>>>> the people you want to talk to. Thank you, Wayne wa2usm
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: For blind ham radio operators 
>>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>>> On Behalf Of [log in to unmask]
>>>> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2016 3:11 PM
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: possible news article
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> A friend wishes to write an article about ham radio and was 
>>>> addressing = this to the general public.  He was wondering if there 
>>>> might be a source = available to the general public on how one can 
>>>> find if there any ham = radio operators in their area.  This would 
>>>> be for a person who is = preparing an emergency kit and wanted to 
>>>> know if there is any hams in = his area in case he has to notify 
>>>> family that he is OK.  I thought the = ARRL would be a source, but 
>>>> there isn=E2=80=99t a search by zip codes.  = I know that there is 
>>>> a zip code search under the advance search page on = any of the 
>>>> callsign data bases.  Gary KB2YAA
>>>
>