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 | |
_ (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 |