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
>>>
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