Morse Code
Morse CodeThe Alphabet is: A .- B -… C -.-. D -.. E . F ..-. G –. H …. I .. J .— K -.- L .-.. M — N -. O — P .–. Q –.- R .-. S … T - U ..- V …- W .– X -..- Y -.– Z –.. 1 .—- 2 ..— 3 …– 4 ….- 5 ….. 6 -…. 7 –… 8 —.. 9 —-. 0 —– There you have it! There are also puncuation marks but not included here. I History, the morse code was first transmitted from one point to another in 1844. It was developed by just looking at the printing press collection of letters and by counting each letter, a pattern was found where the letters E, T, I, A, N, R, M are the most numerous and so they are given shorter morse codes. that does not take as long to transmit words. This was the basis of long distance communication and Telegraph was born. Signals travelled along the poles beside rail road tracks since the rail road was cross-country and was a direct route between Telegraph repeater sites (evey 40 miles the signal needs to be repeated) and it was easy to evesdrop as relays were used at the sites. For more information, check your encyclopedia or CD-ROM version. Morse Code Morse code is composed of dots and dashes, it’s used by commercial and amateur stations in everywhere on earth. It was developed by just looking at the printing press collection of letters and by counting each letter, a pattern was found where the letters E, T, I, A, N, R, M are the most numerous and so they are given shorter morse codes, that does not take as long to transmit words. This was the basis of long distance communication and Telegraph was born. Signals travelled along the poles beside rail road...
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