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Tribune in MN To Correct Article About Morse
Many of you have written to say that the Morse code we ran on the
Variety cover of April 27 was incorrect. It was not wrong, but it was not the version many of you know. What we should have made clear was that there was several versions of the Morse code. The one we ran was the original Morse code, the one used by generations of railroad telegraphers, including the retired men who gathered Saturday to celebrate Samuel Morse's birthday. You may notice in the article that they refer to confusion among the 5 dots for a ''p'' and 4 dots for an ''h.'' The other version, the International Morse Code, was used by the Navy, ham radio operators and some Boy Scouts. (Some Scouts used the original code.) Many people still use it. We regret the confusion and should have made the difference clear. Peg Meier, Star Tribune 04/26/04 09:43PM Dear Ms. Meier, If Morse Code as a methodology of radio communication is "dead", then there are several MILLION licensed Radio Amateurs around the world who have yet to get the word! Perhaps you should listen to the radio frequencies between 7.0 to 7.1MHz, 14.0 to 14.1 MHz, 18.068 to 18.090Mhz, and 21.0 to 21.1MHz on any good weekend and listen for yourself. These are not the only frequencies that Amateurs use to communicate in Morse Code...Just the most popular ones. With best regards, Steven J Robeson, LPN 151 12th Avenue Northwest Winchester, TN 37398 |
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