[CW] Where did the SINE come from?

[ken.d.brown at hawaiiantel.net]

Hi David,

     Two letters gives only 26 X 26 = 676 possible combinations, or if
numerals are allowed 36 X 36 = 1296. Seems like there would be a good
possibility of more than one telegrapher using the same two letter sine.
Was there some registry to prevent duplications? And even then, what
about telegrapher number 677 or 1297?

KB

On 2019-04-05 11:24, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:

> Th e 'Sine'  
> Each telegrapher has his own "handle" or "sine", - his own identification, usually his initials or a contraction of some form. 
> 
> When one telegrapher inquires about another, he does not do so by name. "What's his sine?" he will ask. 
> 
> His sine's, RJ, CX, WX or whatever it may be, and he carries this sinie throughout life, just as he does his name. 
> 
> The "sine" came into use in the first days of telegraphy when it was necessary adjunct to every cable message or wireless telegram message transmitted and received.  The sine in the form of its two initials, appeared on every message blank to identify the person who handled it. 
> 
> And it was as foolproof as a fingerprint because no two telegraphers adopted a similar sine. 
> 
> 73 
> 
> DR 
> 
> David J. Ring, Jr. 
> N1EA 
> 
> DR was my sine at WSC Tuckerton Radio during the 1980s. 
> 
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