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Have been playing with this site - addictive!

http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html
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DaddyHoggy wrote:
Have been playing with this site - addictive!
http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html
I actually had to learn morse code by flash light, and I was quite good at it. Probably a bit rusty now. Cool tool though
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Gimi wrote:
DaddyHoggy wrote:
Have been playing with this site - addictive!
http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html
I actually had to learn morse code by flash light, and I was quite good at it. Probably a bit rusty now. Cool tool though

Didn't you have any mains lighting or candles? :wink:
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DaddyHoggy wrote:
Gimi wrote:
DaddyHoggy wrote:
Have been playing with this site - addictive!
http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html
I actually had to learn morse code by flash light, and I was quite good at it. Probably a bit rusty now. Cool tool though
Didn't you have any mains lighting or candles? :wink:
Now, back in my days, the hardship we suffered, you wouldn't believe it!
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Morse code in radio has the advantage of being better than voice for long range communications. Since it's just the carrier wave being keyed on and off, it can be understood clearly at distances where the fading signal strength would make understanding a voice difficult or impossible.

And hey! Maybe the Thargoids don't know it! :lol:
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It took the aliens in Independence Day a little while to work it out...

But then again they had a rubbish firewall...
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And hey! Maybe the Thargoids don't know it! :lol:
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DaddyHoggy wrote:
It took the aliens in Independence Day a little while to work it out...

But then again they had a rubbish firewall...
And remarkably, the same OS, hardware, wireless and/or USB standard as humanity.

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Gimi wrote:
Now, back in my days, the hardship we suffered, you wouldn't believe it!
Anyway, one of these things:
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Ah the 10 inch signalling lantern. Damn I remember that very well! Although I was a "Sparker" and didn't have to use it.
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Hemlock wrote:
Ah the 10 inch signalling lantern. Damn I remember that very well! Although I was a "Sparker" and didn't have to use it.
I didn't have to use it that much, but as the OOW I had to be able to read it. (Had to learn how to use it during training though)
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