[Milsurplus] Navy Code Alphabet

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At 11:05 PM 7/4/2012, C.Whitaker wrote:

>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.

Clete:  The American code difference relates to 11 letters and 9 numbers.
CFJLOPQRXYZ and 123567890.   Won't elaborate here since you can
find the American code in old handbooks and even on the Internet.
American is actually faster since it uses dots and spaces more than
the International, which used more dashes to provide easier copy through the
QRN and fading on radio.  International (Continental) was a German development.

I learned American after I learned International, and because of
limited use today my telegraph speed is only 1/3 of what I can
do on radio.  Used to work the telegraph ops on HF using tone
only (no mechanical sounder) back before the telephone modem idea
had evolved.

Kinda miss that.

Perry    w8au




>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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