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Old June 7th 06, 03:33 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.swap
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Default Give up CB for ham?

The first Morse machines scribed the dots and dashes on a moving strip of
paper. Operators of the day found that they could decode the sound of the
scriber by ear, so the scribing machines were scrapped.

http://www.maxmon.com/1880ad.htm

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CL -- I doubt, therefore I might be !



"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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jawod wrote:
I seem to remember that the original Morse code was all clicks.


Wasn't there a strong click when the receiver circuit
closed and a different weak click when the circuit
opened? The length of time between those two types of
clicks was either a dot or a dash?
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