Thanks Tom, I already deceided to ignore them.

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Tom Fowle
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2016 11:08 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: changed subject: email "codes"

Wayne,
I usually just ignore these codes, there is no secret meaning, just
punctuation characters.
Sometimes the number associated with say a % sign substitutes for a standard
ascii character, E.G. %20 for space.
Sometimes a higher number substitutes for an upper ascii character, and
sometimes who knows.
trying to figure all this out is a good way to go nuts. and there are too
many pieces of unknown software between you and an email source to ever
track it down.

If there is a conspiracy targetted at you, it's succeeding, you're worrying
about something that's a trivial annoyance.
Tom Fowle WA6IVG

On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 10:31:51PM -0500, 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