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That is amazing! But I have some news. That performance was often referred to as the victory symphony in WW2. And of course, V is the start of Victory. V is the Roman Numeral for Five. This is Beethoven's fifth symphony. This is similar to "dit dit dit dah". This is Morse Code for V. All I can tell you is that it is either a coincidence, or Samuel Morse really liked Beethoven. I mean, Symphony 5 was popular during WW2. That's one we want to know more about.
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Morse code is not a language but instead a method of encoding a language. It was first developed by Samuel Morse in and quickly gained traction in the Western world. The invention and development of Morse code is one of the most revolutionary technologies of mankind that slung us into the era of technology that we thrive in today!
Before Morse code and the invention of the electrical telegraph, long-distance communication was a challenging obstacle , not to mention devoid of LOLs and poop emojis.
Most messages were carried by horseback or delivered by messenger bird—both of which were limited by the animal's speed. For shorter distances, line-of-sight visual signals were used, such as smoke, flags, fire, or even semaphore systems that could use combinations of fire, flags, or even sunlight.
However, soon after the discovery of electromagnetism and the electromagnet, these older methods of communication were on the cusp of becoming obsolete. In , the first commercial electrical telegraph was developed and patented by William Fothergill Cooke and Charles Wheatstone. Telegraph: Distant ' tele ' Writing ' graphy '.
The device allowed them to send coded pulses of electricity that would move a series of 5 needles on a grid of letters and numbers. However, this five-needle system had a significant drawback. It required six cables to operate, which made it very expensive to install and scale. This five-needle telegraph system was eventually innovated and replaced by a two-needle system, and a one-needle system quickly replaced that. While the scaling issue had been fixed with the introduction of the single-needle telegraph system, it still had one last problem to face.
Because the needle was a visual cue, the operator had to split their attention between watching the needle and writing down letters, and unlike today, there was no rewind button if something was missed. In Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail developed and patented a new electrical telegraph that ran on one wire and could record received messages by simply marking dots and dashes with a stylus on a moving piece of paper.
This simple yet revolutionary technology allowed for a message to be recorded without the need for immediate translation. Inspired by their own innovation, Samual Morse and his assistant Alfred Vail set out to create a coded system that represented numbers and the entire alphabet. They optimized their code by breaking the alphabet down based on how frequently each letter was used in common speech.
They found the letter "e" was most frequently used and assigned it to a single dot. Contrast that to a less frequent letter such as "y," which at the time was coded as "dot—dot——dot—dot.
This brilliant coded system is what is known as American Morse Code, formerly known as Railroad Morse. On May 24, , the first message sent in Morse code was, "What hath God wrought? This was the first instantaneous text message in human history and paved the way for telecommunications as we know it and the memes that followed! American Morse code was a revolutionary technology, but as the rest of the world tried to adopt it, they ran into some problems.
The first problem was that it would cause distortion on longer lines due to its dot-heavy nature. However, the greater problem was that Morse code is not a language and was instead a code mapped to the English language and would need to be altered to work with other languages. In Friedrich Gerke proposed a solution to these two issues by introducing a new version of Morse code that removed many of the overcomplicated aspects of American Morse code—such as different length dashes and spacing rules.
He also added German vowels that allowed Gerke's new Morse code to be adopted by Germany and Austria in In it was slightly modified and established as the official international Morse code standard. This new international Morse code is universal and can be mapped to numerous alphabets and languages. Some countries whose language could not adapt to the international standard manifested their own versions, such as:. As Morse code operators gained proficiency in their craft, they also realized they could interpret the clicks of the telegraph directly into dots and dashes without the need to read a paper tape.
With the birth of radio communication, Morse code was thrown into a new era of audible transmission. Using radiotelegraph receivers, dots and dashes were replaced with unique sounds. Additionally, to further speed up the reception of code, "dits" that were not the last component of a code were shortened to "di.
The move to audible Morse code further streamlined this communication system and revolutionized how we communicated with the rest of the world! Eventually, technologies such as radio, telephones, and the internet began to replace Morse code quickly.
On July 2, , the United States sent its last commercial communication using Morse code. It closed an era with the same message that started it all: "What hath God wrought. However, this wasn't the death of Morse code. The spirit and craft of this old style of communication are kept alive today by hobbyists and enthusiasts around the world. Morse code is credited as one of the greatest innovations in human history and paved a path for all means of electrical communication to come.
The technologies that we all take for granted today, such as the telephone, texting, and even the internet, are all a result of Morse code and the telegraph. Even though Morse code isn't as prominent as it once was, it is still used around the world in many ways.
In the early days of aviation, aircraft would carry radio operators whose sole purpose was to communicate with ground-based operations using Morse code. Today's skies are very congested, and without quick communication from ground-based operations, such as air traffic control, aircraft separation would be near impossible.
A continuous signal is transmitted from these navigation stations that a pilot can use to verify that they are tuned into the correct navigation aid and that the navigation aid is still in service. Ham radio, also known as amateur radio, is a hobby and service that allows individuals to use low-power radios to communicate with each other around the world, without the use of the internet or cell towers.
While most ham operators are considered hobbyists, they can also be considered a vital service that has saved countless lives when all other forms of communication have failed. Tolkien, The Two Towers. For the most part, Morse code is pretty dead throughout the military as it's not the most effective means of communication nor the most secure. This being said, many military branches still train small segments of their personnel in Morse code. The US Navy, in particular, still uses signal lamps to send Morse code using flashing lights.
This allows ships to message each other during moments of radio silence EMCON and is very secure as it requires a line of sight to communicate. Perhaps the most known Morse code fact is its use to send SOS signals. An example was the sinking Titanic, which transmitted the older distress signal CQD for hours with little contact before changing over to newer SOS.
If not for Morse code, there would likely not have been any survivors of the Titanic. Now SOS isn't actually an acronym for anything. Another remarkable modern use of Morse code is its use as an alternative form of communication for people who have disabilities that affect their ability to communicate—such as those impaired by a stroke, heart attack, or paralysis.
Remembering the Morse codes is an art by itself. It involves a rhythmic response in your mind. Try to remember the combination of dot. For this purpose, a dot. The space between two letters or characters is equal to three dot units.
The space between two words is equal to five dot units. The minimum speed to qualify for a Grade II licence is 5 words per minute 5 wpm. A message containing letters when sent in 5 minutes or when received in 5 minutes makes your speed 5 wpm. In fact Morse code devised by Samuel F. Morse is a primitive type of digital communication which still works efficiently in this era of microprocessors and computers.
In a computer, all information are processed or stored in binary digits, i. A zero 0 means that the switch is off and a one 1 makes it on. One interesting fact is that any type of information can be converted to binary digits and later on the information stored in the form of binary digits can be decyphered decoded. This method of representing and manipulating information in electrical form is known as digital approach, because the encoded information may be visualized as a series of numerical digits.
The modern day computer to computer digital communication which is automated can be visualised as an extension of the communication system that started with the hand key operated telegraphic communication which is manual back in Though the modern day computer communication has its roots in Morse code communication, yet it has been observed that the allocation of Morse codes to the characters has been done in a haphazard manner. It is believed that Samuel F. Morse did not visualised his code as a binary sequence.
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