https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/morse-code-back-looking-ditch-twitter-180981309/ Morse code emerged during a time of tinkering, at the start of the electrical age. In the 1830s, Samuel F.B. Morse, who had made a national name for himself as a painter with portraits of such luminaries as John Adams and the Marquis de Lafayette, began working with colleagues, including the inventor Alfred Vail, to experiment with how an electrical impulse initiated in one place and transmitted over a distance through wires could activate an electromagnet somewhere else. Operators would push down on a button attached to a small slab of brass that made an electrical connection between two wires. The connection sent electricity through these wires to a remote electromagnet, which then attracted a metal strip that made a clicking sound.
Thought this was a cool article, taking you down the path of history when Morse code was used and how there are licensed ham operators that are still practicing the use of Morse code. When I was young, I had a two way radio/walkie-talkie with the Morse code printed on it with a button I could use to send messages to my friend I gave the other radio connected to it. I still remember it. The button was orange and the radio was gray. Morse code was written in white on a black background on the front of the radio.
[size= 12pt]https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/morse-code-back-looking-ditch-twitter-180981309/[/size] [quote] Morse code emerged during a time of tinkering, at the start of the electrical age. In the 1830s, Samuel F.B. Morse, who had made a national name for himself as a painter with portraits of such luminaries as John Adams and the Marquis de Lafayette, began working with colleagues, including the inventor Alfred Vail, to experiment with how an electrical impulse initiated in one place and transmitted over a distance through wires could activate an electromagnet somewhere else. Operators would push down on a button attached to a small slab of brass that made an electrical connection between two wires. The connection sent electricity through these wires to a remote electromagnet, which then attracted a metal strip that made a clicking sound. [/quote] Thought this was a cool article, taking you down the path of history when Morse code was used and how there are licensed ham operators that are still practicing the use of Morse code. When I was young, I had a two way radio/walkie-talkie with the Morse code printed on it with a button I could use to send messages to my friend I gave the other radio connected to it. I still remember it. The button was orange and the radio was gray. Morse code was written in white on a black background on the front of the radio.
OMG, I just found a pic of my childhood 2-way radio. Midland Walkie-Talkie.
OMG, I just found a pic of my childhood 2-way radio. Midland Walkie-Talkie.
OMG....lol...that would be painful to translate! What a sense of humor your friend has! Too funny!!
OMG....lol...that would be painful to translate! What a sense of humor your friend has! Too funny!!
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