WOW that is the best explaination I have heard. Please find out why. I will
be really impressed, wayne wa2usm
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve Dresser
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 11:49 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: changed subject: email "codes"
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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