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Scott Dunlavey

CW DAY

Happy Morse Code Anniversary Day! Friday, 24 May. What indeed hath G-d
wrought? (What the hell does that mean anyway?)
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Carey Magee

Re: CW DAY

Hi. Possibly a statement regarding the opening of the railroad line he was
there at?
When you think of it, I wonder if he even thought of the impact Morse code
would have on society back then.

73,
Carey
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Lewis Phelps

Re: CW DAY

"What hath God wrought?" is a verbatim quote from the King James translation of the Bible (Numbers 23:23).

If you're into numerology the number 23 is supposed to be highly significant. See the Wiki entry for "23 Enigma". In contemporary English the phrase would be "What has God made?"

Samuel Morse sent that text as the first traffic on the Baltimore-Washington telegraph line. The line was built for general communications purposes, not as part of a railroad operation. However, the historic Morse transmission was sent from the U.S. Capital in Washington DC to a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad facility at Annapolis, MD. in 1844.

Apologies to anyone who considers this OT.

Lew Phelps N6LEW
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On May 24, 2013, at 6:26 AM, Carey Magee <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Possibly a statement regarding the opening of the railroad line he was there at?
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N5GE

Re: CW DAY

Nothing wrong with discussing the mode that is still the most
efficient comm mode available to civilians.

73,
Tom
Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
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On Fri, 24 May 2013 11:02:46 -0700, Lewis Phelps <[hidden email]>
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>"What hath God wrought?" is a verbatim quote from the King James translation of the Bible (Numbers 23:23).
>
>If you're into numerology the number 23 is supposed to be highly significant. See the Wiki entry for "23 Enigma". In contemporary English the phrase would be "What has God made?"
>
>Samuel Morse sent that text as the first traffic on the Baltimore-Washington telegraph line. The line was built for general communications purposes, not as part of a railroad operation. However, the historic Morse transmission was sent from the U.S. Capital in Washington DC to a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad facility at Annapolis, MD. in 1844.
>
>Apologies to anyone who considers this OT.
>
>
>Lew Phelps N6LEW
>Pasadena, CA DM04wd
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>On May 24, 2013, at 6:26 AM, Carey Magee <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Possibly a statement regarding the opening of the railroad line he was there at?
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k6dgw

Re: CW DAY

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On 5/24/2013 6:26 AM, Carey Magee wrote:
> Hi. Possibly a statement regarding the opening of the railroad line he was
> there at?

He was in DC, and I believe the telegraph line was at least partially
Federally funded and not directly connected to any railroad, however the
Annapolis end was in a B&O building. I remember seeing a pen-and-ink
drawing of the reception of the message years ago.

> When you think of it, I wonder if he even thought of the impact Morse code
> would have on society back then.

If life were fair, he would have been thinking about the impact of the
Vail code. Sam's plan was to translate a message into a sequence of
numbers using a dictionary he worked to come up with, and then send the
numbers. The receive op used a "un-dictionary" to recreate the message.
Some historians suggest that in fact, he downplayed the
electromechanical part of the telegraph and saw his "dictionary" as the
true genius. Sam was a somewhat vain fellow and did not take kindly to
the advice of others.

Alfred Vail was probably the first to come up with the idea of a code of
marks on the tape to denote letters, and just use the code to spell out
words, and that idea finally prevailed over Sam's dictionary. Early ops
rather quickly discovered they could decode the message just by
listening to the click-clack of the receiving mechanism. For a period
of time, Sam pursued a cause that messages copied "by ear" were less
reliable than those read off of the tape. I think he even took someone
to court over it.

The ring tone on my smartyfone sends the name of the caller if in my
phone book, or the number if not, at 25 WPM. Interesting responses from
folks when standing in a line. :-)

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013
- www.cqp.org

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k6dgw

Re: CW DAY

I'm getting multiple questions -- direct. Here is the info on CW when
my fone rings for everyone:

Android Samsung Galaxy S
all apps from Google Play

MorseRing: Sends name if # is in phone book, otherwise sends #.
Repeats for as many rings B4 voice mail that you have set.

SMS2CW: Short mode - sends "NEW SMS FROM" and tel # once.
Long mode - sends above + the entire message once.

MorseCodeKeyboard: Set it up as an alternate keyboard. It has two
fairly large buttons, two fingers over them, one is a dot, the other a
dash. Sends SMS texts. Fun at first, not so much as time goes on,
haven't used it in a long time.

MorseCodeReader: Obvious, mediocre performance at best.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013
- www.cqp.org

On 5/24/2013 3:34 PM, Steve wrote:
> Fred-
> What is the name of the app?? I'd like to try that :-).
> Tnx & 73,
> Steve, N4EUK

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