Thank you for the explaining this! I'll try to convert them in the future! Scott -------------- Original message -------------- From: "PUP" <qk50u3c02@sneakemail.com> > In answer to Paul's question: > >> Position: 440 0'N, 1480 45' E > >I'm trying to make sense of Mike's position. What kind of globe has 440 > >degrees N, or 1480 degrees E? Or does he mean > >44Degrees, 0Min, 0Sec N by 148Degrees 0Min 45Sec E? > > The email program Samurai uses converts the degree symbol to a zero. That > is why I substitute it with a 'D' when I do the 'Idlewild' postings to PUP > for position, course heading, and temperature. The program also won't > reproduce a quotation mark properly, although it will do an apostrophe, or > single quotation mark '. > > Chris Byer > No. Hollywood > _______________________________________________ > Passagemaking-Under-Power Mailing List