[Elecraft] CW DAY

[Lewis Phelps]

"What hath God wrought?" is a verbatim quote from the King James translation of the Bible (Numbers 23:23). 

If you're into numerology the number 23 is supposed to be highly significant. See the  Wiki entry for "23 Enigma". In contemporary English the phrase would be "What has God made?" 

Samuel Morse sent that text as the first traffic on the Baltimore-Washington telegraph line. The line was built for general communications purposes, not as part of a railroad operation. However, the historic Morse transmission was sent from the U.S. Capital in Washington DC to a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad facility  at Annapolis, MD. in 1844.

Apologies to anyone who considers this OT. 


Lew Phelps N6LEW
Pasadena, CA DM04wd
Elecraft K3-10 
Yaesu FT-7800 
Lew at N6LEW.US
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On May 24, 2013, at 6:26 AM, Carey Magee <arsk2rny at gmail.com> wrote:
>   Possibly a statement regarding the opening of the railroad line he was there at?