[Milsurplus] Navy Code Alphabet

[Al Klase]

Hi Clete,

I don't know what happened to my prompt reply to Ralph's original post.  
The letters he quotes match up perfectly 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 since found 1904 a reference to the US Navy using the General Service 
Code for radio communications.  I had always assumed that all the early 
work must have been in Continental Morse or even American Morse.  It 
seems that wasn't the case.  Was the Navy using this code for blinker 
lights in the 19th century?

Just Googled "General Service Code blinker"

http://science-notebook.com/gilbert-signal02.html  1920 GILBERT BOY 
ENGINEERING, WIGWAGGING BY SEARCHLIGHT

http://www.77fa.org/WWI_narrative.html     1918 scroll down a bit.

It would appear the code we never heard of was in use by the military 
for at least 60 years.

Al

On 7/4/2012 11:05 PM, C.Whitaker wrote:
> de Clete
> Bruce, do you have the American and Continental code lists
> so that we could compare them.   Some Trivia, but there is
> a group of old telegraphers who have a working net, one day
> a week, I think, via landline phone.   They use hand keys and
> Bugs and Click-Click sounders.  Used to use AT&T 201 modems,
> but I don't know what they use here in 2012.
> 73  Clete  WB2CPN  South Central Pennsylvania  USA
>
>
> On 7/3/2012 12:30 PM, Bruce MacMillan wrote:
>> American navy 1911 telegraph code.
>>
>> http://www.comsci.us/datacom/nmorse.html
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>> On 7/3/2012 3:02 PM, 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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