Complex Punctuation Procedures

A table of extended punctuation procedures is shown below.  It is recommended that the extended punction be used on voice and CW nets sparingly and only when needed, since it may reduce the efficiency of net work traffic.

Use Phone CW
Existing
/ SLASH (or SLANT) SLASH (or SLANT)
QUERY Question end QUERY QUERY
X Thought separator X X
R Decimal in numbers R R
DASH DASH DASH
ATSIGN At sign in email ATSIGN ATSIGN
DOT DOT DOT
Email
_ (UNDERSCORE) Email character UNDERSCORE UNDERSCORE
– (DASH) DASH DASH
+ (plus sign) PLUSSIGN PLUSSIGN
Web
: (COLON) URL character COLON COLON
~ (TILDE) URL character TILDE TILDE
Technical messages
( – Left paren OPENPAREN OPENPAREN
) – Right paren CLOSEPAREN CLOSEPAREN
% – Percent sign PERCENTSIGN PERCENTSIGN
Compatibility
.  (DECIMAL) Decimal in numbers DECIMAL .-.-.-
. (PERIOD) End of sentence PERIOD .-.-.-
Helpful
‘ (APOSTROPHE) APOSTROPHE APOSTROPHE
, (COMMA) COMMA –..–
! (EXCLAMATION) EXCLAMATION EXCLAMATION
‘ (QUOTE) QUOTE QUOTE