[OKDXA] google

[John Geiger]

Not bad for something that the FCC considers a useless, outdated mode.

I can't wait for the whining to begin on how unfair this is because I couldn't read google for that day, and that they don't print their names in other modes, etc.  

Guess we need to form a "no google in code international" group.

73s John AA5JG

--- On Mon, 4/27/09, Kimberly Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> From: Kimberly Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] google
> To: "Discussion of OKDXA" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Monday, April 27, 2009, 10:20 AM
> 
> Pedantry notwithstanding, it's not even really "Morse"
> code, which was developed by Vail (Morse had the purse
> strings and so got the billing). 
> 
> It's the Morse International Code or Continental Code, not
> to be confused with American Morse, which has something like
> 11 different letters and all but one different numerals.
> Apparently, various codes were quite the cottage industry
> early on. Around the time when international radio
> communication became possible, a general agreement was
> struck to use the International version.
> 
> Sorry... Couldn't help myself!
> 
> 73,
> 
> Kim N5OP
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Peter Laws <plaws0 at gmail.com>
> To: Discussion of OKDXA <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 9:49:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] google
> 
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 08:35, Charette, Douglas
> <ChareDo at tulsaschools.org>
> wrote:
> > Check out Google this morning...they've put their name
> up in CW.
> 
> I hate being pedantic, but they've put their name up in
> Morse, not CW.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train!
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