Re: German teleprinter ourput

JV Field asked:

Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 3:41 PM
Subject: [BPARK] German teleprinter ourput


> I wondered whether anyone on this list could tell me what, in WW2, was 
> printed out on a German teleprinter for the characters fig-shift F, 
> fig-shift G and fig-shift H?

According to my materials ("General Report on Tunny"), the answers are as 
follows:

F   percent sign
G   commercial "at" sign
H   pound sign

However, it also says these meanings were laid down by international 
convention and that "Figure shift meanings are liable to variation when they 
have a purely national significance", specifically giving the pound sign as 
an example.  I am left with the impression that the answers above are what 
would have come out on a British teleprinter of the period, and don't tell 
us much about what a German one would have printed.

Phil Marks