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VK6BE > MORSE 26.09.06 12:58l 21 Lines 727 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: The long zero
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In the Australian Army during WW2 figures sent in Morse Code messages were
checked by sending part of the symbol. A for 1, U for 2, V for 3, B for 7
and so on to T for 0. Since I came on air in 1955 most amateurs using
Morse seem to have continued using the letter T for 0.
Bob VK6BE.
> But I'm just wondering if I'm alone in using the practice of the
> long zero.
>
> I'm not sure how I picked it up, but I've often used it,although I seem
> to vary from using a standard five dashes to the long dash for a zero.
>
> I cant find any references to it in the modern books I have either.
>
> Where does the long zero come from and do others on here use or recognise
> it?
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