[ARC5] [BoatAnchors] P.S. Re: Night of Nights" 426 KC AmericanMorse

[Geoff]

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> AmericanMorse
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>> There is a functioning telegraph display at Gettysburg and the 
>> participants/reenactors use American Morse. Trying to decipher the 
>> Bunnell sounder gave me a headache! Samuel Morse started the development 
>> in 1836 and placed in use in 1844 by the time all the mechanical bugs 
>> (pun intended) were worked out.
>>
>> There were also railroad and newspaper codes in use.
>>
>> The Continental code debuted in Germany in 1848 and with some changes it 
>> became the International (ITU) code in 1865
>>
>> Carl
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>     Carl, by railroad and newspaper codes do you mean a separate 
> alphabetic code?


** That is what Ive been told by an ex ham friend who has a very extensive 
collection of the instruments used from all over the world.


The Navy had a short lived one
> for wireless.

** Im aware that during the spark days USN operators had to be proficient in 
the International and Continental versions.
As far as their own code, other than visual, I dont know of one for 
wireless.

Carl




 I once knew American Morse and used to talk
> to a retired RR operator every few days using it. This was via normal 
> tone. I have a couple of sounders now, one in a resonator. They are LOUD. 
> Telegraph offices must have been very noisy places.
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles
> WB6KBL
> dickburk at ix.netcom.com
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