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Then back to the cannon or crossed rifles. Or are those symbols taken
by armories and military bases?<br>
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Ok, before this goes too far I'll remove my tongue from my cheek.<br>
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Greg Higgins wrote:
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<div>My 2 cents from the fire / EMS / HazMat field is to use this
symbol ONLY for hazardous materials / toxic spills incidents as that is
what the symbol is universally recognized for in the emergency response
community, and in several countries. Reference the DOT 2008 Emergency
Response Guidebook and Hazard Communication Standard (29 CFR
1910.1200). I don't thiink that the amatuer radio community should
bastardize an already recognized symbol just for our pleaseure.</div>
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From: Robert Bruninga <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu"><bruninga@usna.edu></a><br>
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Subject: [aprssig] Skull and crossbones symbol?<br>
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> Perfect, there's already a skull symbol on the Garmins!<br>
> Hmm, I think I'm using that for 'killed' objects, though...<br>
> John Vause wrote:<br>
> > I still like the Skull-and-Crossbones...<br>
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Actually, come to think about it.. that is a very common<br>
symbol... Hummh... Maybe APRS should have one. We could use<br>
it for toxic spills or APRS pirates... Anyway, I am willing to<br>
consider adding a "skull and crossbones" ... My suggestion is<br>
to add it to the HAZARDOUS alternate symbol using an overlay of<br>
X. So "XH" would decode to skull&crossbones...<br>
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I updated the overlay web page:<br>
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