[“What Hath God Wrought?”]
Could be a bit prophetic if not way early.
So now how are POWs supposed to communicate between cells?
It’s OK. Morse is experiencing somewhat of a revival on the ham radio bands, despite the fact that we have many other digital modes that work better in bad conditions (e.g. PSK31); it’s a nostalgia thing, I guess.
But what about when the Space Aliens attack????...............
B .. U .. M .. M. E.. R..
Off subject a bit but IMO regarding amateur radio, one license/test should be required for all amateur bands. The tiered system is just outdated and not needed. Restricted frequencies for CW should remain and all bands should be similar to 10 meters with an area only restricted to CW, data etc.
Instead of all the electronic theory subjects and obscure questions in tests many never deal with in amateur radio, they should be replaced by questions on how operators are expected to operate, courtesy on the bands, and how to efficiently use their equipment.
Watching the movie “Independence Day.” It is Morse Code that is the Earth’s only viable means of communication with the aliens jamming all other radio bands.
The Morse code around the edge reads:
British prisoner of War stitched hidden anti-Hitler message into Nazi quilt
A Prisoner of War stitched up his German captors after they unwittingly displayed his coded needlework containing the message 'God Save the King' and 'F**k Hitler' in prison camps where he was held captive.
One more of my Boy Scout Merit Badges is going the obsolete route...
I had my Morse school at Keesler AFB and my crypto school at Goodfellow.
Active Duty ping.
During WWII, the govt put out a clever little bit of cardboard with the outer layer slightly larger than the inner. The outer layer was black with sideways slots in it; the inner was white. You squeezed the top and bottom between your thumb and forefinger. Squeeze and the white appeared between the slots. Let up and the white disappeared - it was like shuttered blinker-type Morse lamps the ships used. Talk about low tech - that worked. Today it would be some $500 gadget.
When I was in the Navy and was sitting around the messhall table b/sing, we had two radiomen who would communicate with each other by voicing dits and dahs. Drove us all crazy until the Chief of the Boat told them to quit or die.
Not a good idea to drop Morse Code. Never know when it’s going to come in handy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gfWxh5B1aE
Went to Radioman “A” school in the Navy back in 1969 at the now defunct Naval Training Center in San Diego. Learned CW (Morse Code) and got to the fleet and never used it! Can still remember some of the letters!
Ping
Sad. How will anyone know what they’re saying at the beginning of RKO Radio Pictures?
So the military will not be able to interpret a code used by American civilians like a second language? Won’t be the case, most patriotic military will take it upon themselves to master this basic survival tool.
I joined the Navy in 1988, and was sent to cyptologic technican, techanical school at NTTC Corry Station, Pensacola, FL. I arrived in January of 1989, after boot camp, and went on to learn morse code there. I then did the advanced operator course, and got multiple NEC’s from both “A” school and “C” school there.
I remember some of it, but some of it is forgotten in the mists of history.
We are so screwed.