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Morse Code

Although cellphones and SMS have pretty much made Morse Code moribund - its most popular current use is probably by amateur radio operators - this is a sub-category dedicated to the dots 'n dashes of the code that was invented by Samuel F.B. Morse in 1838. Find out "What is the most famous distress signal in Morse Code?" or "How do you communicate using Morse Code?

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Did the Morse code use dots and dashes to send messages over wires?

Actually Morse's original code used dots, dashes, long dashes, and very long dashes. It also used 5 different lengths of gaps.

This was greatly simplified by the adoption of the International Morse code (largely developed in Germany then modified a bit by international agreements) to just dots and dashes. The number of different length gaps was also reduced to only 3.

What did Morse code impact on?

One impact was that when the telegraph line was completed from Saint Lewis to San Francisco, the Pony Express System along the same route had to shut down as the telegraph could send a message almost instantly that took the Pony Express 10 days to carry at a tiny fraction of the cost.

What is this programing code used for?

for online shopping and many other things

What are the 4 meanings for this distress code CQD?

There was only one meaning of the letters. CQ meant general attention in code (Securite) Adding D (CQD) indicated distress. Others meanings (seek you, drowning or come quick danger) are backronyms. Untrue, but thought up to explain how the code came to be.

What is the length of a unit in Morse code?

This varies with the word per minute rate of the sender, the more words per minute the shorter the "dit" time.

How do you say Stella in Morse code?

di-di-dit dah dit di-dah-di-dit di-dah-di-dit di-dah

How was Morse code used in World War 1?

Roughly the same way it was used at the time the Titanic sunk a few years earlier.

Twf 3 letter code?

The Twf-3 letter code, is a travel code for Magic Valley Regional Airport.

When was Wayne Morse Farm created?

Wayne Morse Farm was created in 1936.

What is the answer to the Morse code?

Morse code uses short and longer impulses to spell letters which become words, which anyone listening can "read" if they know the Morse code. The other person can answer in Morse code whatever they feel like.

Morse code can be sent by sound, light, marks on a paper strip and so on.

Is Washington where the Morse code was made?

No, Washington is not where Morse code was created. Morse code was developed by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail in the early 1830s, primarily at a workshop in New York City. The code was first used in 1844 to send a message from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, marking its practical application.

What does 2 dots 1 dash mean?

In Morse Code, ••- is the letter U.

How do you say kiss in Morse code?

The word "kiss" is "-.- .. ... ..." in Morse.

However to make things quicker, the international signal for kisses is "88". Just like adding two kisses at the bottom of a letter or text message. "88" is translated as "---.. ---.." in Morse. It must always be two eights. One or three eights mean nothing other than a number.