"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
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Few people today
(especially boys and men) have not learned code, or at least played around
with it, at some point in their lives. When we were kids, many of us sent
messages to friends using flashlights or walkie-talkies with code printed
on
the side. Many other games and toys over the years have featured messages,
secret or otherwise, sent by Morse code. Others learned code in groups
like
the Boy Scouts. Still others learned it in the military. In reality, most
adults today are familiar enough with code to know whether they have any
real interest in it.

Strange where do you come up with this "fact" that most adults are familiar
with the code. The Boy Scouts that I knew did not except for one or two
individuals who went for a merit badge. In the military, only those who
went for radio might have had any introduction to it and not all of those.
My neighborhood friends when I was a kid did not play around with sending
Morse code with flashlights.

Of the adults that I have talked to, only those in ham radio had any
familiarity with Morse code.

So please cite the statistical data that shows people have had enough
exposure to Morse code to be able to evaluate it even though they don't know
it.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE