I saw another contest of this nature and the Morse code beat texting. I could never have done it. It takes a lot of experience. These guys used a bug which is much faster than the old style key. Receiving, if you are experienced enough, you don't have to write it down as you can just read out loud. Military always wrote it down of course. In ww2 we used the key. Each operator had a particular style and the other side sometimes got to know each operator which was useful as they knew where it was coming from. If they knew what outfit the guy was assigned to they could keep track of units location. Communication by CW (Morse code) was between divisions, army and I am not sure if regiments as the lower units communicated by walkie talkie. Such as artillery fire control. Morse code also allowed them encrypt messages. We used a machine similar to the German Enigma. They make a lot of the English breaking the Enigma code. However I understand that there was one naval code they never broke. ( and perhaps others too.) But no doubt it helped the Allies to win the war. With the advent of the computer you don't even need a bug to transmit code. Have the computer do it as fast as you want. That takes the fun all out of it. Texting seems to have replaced Ham Radio for amusement for the younger generation.
Doyal
-- --------Fishing in Alaska ---------nowaytofish.blogspot.com --------- Doyal and I put ours on even though we couldn't live more than 10 or 15 minutes in water like that. Too far to swim and the dinghy wouldn't hold us all.--------------- 4 years in 3rd Inf in WW2 billswar.blogspot.com My less heroic contribution. seniorobserver.blogspot.com* KE7PLR Established (born)Aug. 23, 1921
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