Subj : Morse Code
To   : STAN PHILLIPS
From : Roy Witt
Date : Tue Sep 05 2000 12:13 pm

Hello STAN.

02 Sep 00 23:05, you wrote to me:


 RW>  AB>> but I think it's important to recognise it's potential as a
 RW>  AB>> fall-back system.
 RW>>
 RW>> Maybe 100 years from now, somebody will make a war movie where a
 RW>> platoon is cut off from headquarters and their radio is broken.
 RW>> Pretty soon some old Master Sargent remembers his great grandpappy
 RW>> taught him enough Morse Code to be dangerous.  So he rigs a switch
 RW>> to the finals and uses a couple of empty cartridges for the make and
 RW>> break.  He's all set up and sending code, but the people at
 RW>> headquarters don't have the slightest clue what that clickety clack
 RW>> interfering noise is in their speaker...

 SP> WHich is a good example as to why knowlege of it should be retained
 SP> ;-)

LOL!  I guess.

 RW>  AB>> Even if you can't modulate a carrier for some reason - if you
 RW>  AB>> can oscillate, you can communicate.
 RW>>
 RW>> {:)

 SP> Code is often sent by a light source. (including flashlights)

Only if you have one of those with the momentary button.  I could never
get those slide switches to work 100% the way it should to generate
intelligable code.


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