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I have finished transcribing June and will now start on July.

I have finished transcribing July and will now start on August.

I love the Alt-1, Alt-O, Alt-P, and Alt-U Soft Keys!! They definitely make transcribing go much easier and faster (and as Michael mentioned, more accurately).

If you find something interesting and/or amusing in the log, please share it here.

Will do!

bohara wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 5:29 am I have finished transcribing July and will now start on August.

I love the Alt-1, Alt-O, Alt-P, and Alt-U Soft Keys!! They definitely make transcribing go much easier and faster (and as Michael mentioned, more accurately).

Don't forget Alt3 to copy down to the end of the hour block.

Thanks, pommystuart! I had forgotten about Alt-3. I'll be able to use that quite often with wind directions and cloud types.

On the sea temperature data for Aug. 26, 1880, I noticed four entries that were 65-5, 69-5, 66-5, and 67-5. I transcribed and saved them with the hyphens, but did the log keeper use hyphens instead of periods? In the future should I transcribe those as 65.5, 69.5, 66.5, and 67.5?

Thanks!

I would interpret those as decimals. You will have noticed by now that the log writers have a rather free and easy spirit when it comes to matters like neatness, spelling, consistency and accuracy.

That I have! Thanks, Michael. I will interpret them as decimal points.