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   Message 133 of 2,531   
   Roger Nelson to Mike Luther   
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   28 Dec 12 11:40:19   
   
   On Thu Dec-27-2012 09:35, Mike Luther (1:117/100) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    ML> Aha!  Ham radio moment Roger!   
      
    RN> That's a nice story, Mike.   
      
   ML> -... -.-   
      
    RN> ?   
      
    ML> Morse Code OM ..  two letters in International Morse, chuckle.    
      
    ML> Dash and three dots is the letter "B" and Dash-Dot-Dash is the   
    ML> letter "K".  The two letters in CW for "BK" which means 'Break'.    
    ML> When you hear it in CW it means the person who sent it has rapidly   
    ML> switched to the 'receive' mode and is waiting for a response in   
    ML> 'break-in' mode from whomever.  Chortle, you did respond priceless   
    ML> friend Roger.  But you didn't send the Morse Code for the 'question   
    ML> mark' which is..    
      
   I swear I don't know how I missed that even while looking at the chart!  I   
   began to study the code 50-years ago and immediately got interested in   
   something else and suddenly there was no more room for that in my life.   
      
    ML>   ..--..   
      
   I didn't think to do that.  (-:   
      
    ML> [...]   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
    * Origin: NCS BBS - Houma, LoUiSiAna - (1:3828/7)   

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