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Old 10-18-2014, 11:11 AM   #4
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OK, the answer is--- ES is CW for the Ampersand (and) symbol that was used with early CW in the form of American Morse or also known as Railroad Morse.
The CW for the symbol was dit dididit which can be interpreted as e (did) and s (dididt). E and S sounds the same as the CW for the Ampersand but depending on which Morse you are using will be different meaning. What we use now is International Morse code that was developed in Germany and was known as Continental Morse and later became International Morse. Recently added to CW is the @ symbol. Do you know the code for that?

My question for all is what was the first message sent by the newly developed American Morse and when was that message sent?
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