PUNCTUATION AUTHORIZED CHARACTER SET: BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF AMTOR AND RTTY TO DISPLAY ALL PUNCTUATION MARKS, ONLY THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERS MAY BE USED IN NAVMARCORMARS MESSAGES: CAPITAL LETTERS: A THROUGH Z NUMERALS: ZERO (0) THROUGH NINE (9) PUNCTUATION: QUESTION MARK, COLON, SLANT SIGN, PAREN, UNPAREN, COMMA, DASH, APOSTROPHE AND PERIOD OTHER PUNCTUATION MAY BE SENT USING THE ABBREVIATIONS LISTED BELOW: PUNCTUATION NAME ABBREVIATION AMPERSAND AMPSND ASTERISK AST AT SIGN (AT) BACK SLANT BACK SLANT DOLLAR SIGN DOLS EQUAL SIGN EQUALS EXCLAMATION EXCL NUMBER SIGN NR PERCENT PCT PLUS SIGN PLUS QUOTATION MARK QUOTE/UNQUOTE SEMI-COLON SCLN SLANT SIGN SLANT TILDE TILDE IF OTHER PUNCTUATION IS NEEDED, SIMPLY STATE THE NAME OF THE SYMBOL.