[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Samuel Morse, Happy Birthday and Thanks

[Ian]

And I always thought his middle initials were "Fine Business"  :)
73, Ian N8IK



On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 2:31 PM, Rick Bunn <N4ASX at cox.net> wrote:

> Thanks Don,
>         We use to have members who would set up on S.F.B. Morse's birthday
> and reenact the C.W. contact using American Morse.
>
> ALL,
>         I am going to upgrade my handheld collection and get the new
> Kenwood.  To do this I need to thin the HT collection.  I have the
> following
> for sale.
>         TH-F6A 2/220/440 HT with three 3AHr Batteries, 1 standard Battery,
> an AA pack and the RT Systems Software and cable = $200
>         TH-TH-D72A 2/440 APRS HT with three batteries and 1 AA Pack. Also
> have the RT Systems software.  The unit uses a standard USB cable for
> programming  - $200.00
>         Send me an e-mail if your interested.
>
> 73 Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> <alexandriaradioclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of KI4D
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 8:57 PM
> To: alexandriaradioclub at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Samuel Morse, Happy Birthday and
> Thanks
>
> Today is the birthday of Samuel Morse, creator of CW or the Morse Code used
> by Hams and many others.   Samuel Finley Breese Morse was born on April 27,
> 1791.  He developed the Morse Code in the 1830s and 1840s with other
> inventors, that resulted in the telegraph system that revolutionized
> long-distance communication. In May 1844, Morse inaugurated the world's
> first commercial telegraph line with the message "What hath God wrought,"
> sent from the U.S. Capitol to a railroad station in Baltimore. Within a
> decade, more than 20,000 miles of telegraph cable crisscrossed the country.
> The rapid communication it made possible greatly aided American expansion,
> making railroad travel safer as it provided a boost to business conducted
> across the great distances of a growing United States.  Morse received a
> patent for the telegraph in 1847.
>
> Don, KI4D
>
> Morse Code & the Telegraph - Inventions - HISTORY.com
>
> https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/telegraph
>
>
>
> Samuel Morse - Wikipedia
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Morse
>
>
>
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