[Milsurplus] Navy Code Alphabet

[Al Klase]

Ralph,

Very interesting.  It seems to match up with the General Service Code 
that was devised in the Civil War era for wig-wag flag signaling.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Service_Code  Consider 1 = 
dash, 2 = dot.

I don't think it took too many decades to realize you could do the same 
thing with Morse, and you only had to train once.

BTW,  the crossed flag of the U.S. Army Signal Corps emblem are wig-wag 
flags, red square on white, and white square on red.  They were used one 
at a time on a long pole depending on lighting conditions, choosing the 
flag that gave the best contrast.  The torch was used in total 
darkness.  Such flags were sill include in the WWII era flag kit along 
with a second pair of flags with short poles for Navy style semaphore 
signaling.

Al

On 7/3/2012 11:02 AM, Ralph Cameron wrote:
> I have a card which details a "Navy Code Alphabet". It is a variation of
> the standard International Morse code but I'd like to know when and
> where was it used. WW!!?   I haven't seen it in print before and it may
> even be an obsolete code used in WW!. It starts out as follows with some
> other random characters given:
>
> A= _ _             H= ._ _
>
> B= _.._            V= ._ _ _
>
> C= ._.              Y=...
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Ralph
> VE3BBM
>

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Al Klase - N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
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