{"id":2514,"date":"2005-06-04T20:40:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-04T10:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.radio-active.net.au\/web3\/2514\/"},"modified":"2014-10-10T13:09:32","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T02:09:32","slug":"2514","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.radio-active.net.au\/web3\/2514","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been busy doing some work this afternoon doing some prep work for the production run of trackers… This has included stripping some wires, and cleaning the workbench. When I was doing this I came across a dis-assembled Morse Key.<\/p>\n

About two or three years back I decided that I would get the key cleaned up and re-chromed. I am not sure exactly about the history of it – I will need to ask my father. I think it might have been my grandfather’s from World War II – Or it may have been just a military surplus item purchased by my father when he was young. <\/p>\n

Anyway I inherited it when I was young… and it was sticking on a larger piece of wood. Not all that useful. Anyway I removed it from the big board, and it has been my intent to learn to use it one day. About 10 years back I did start to learn but I gave up with the pressures of work and uni.
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There have been various reports in the last few months about how morse is faster than SMS. These tests are significantly biased against SMS since they are not a fair fight. I think I would rather send an SMS rather than a morse code message. Then again I would rather send an Email rather than an SMS. And then Have a real conversation than an electronic one too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been busy doing some work this afternoon doing some prep work for the production run of trackers… This has included stripping some wires, and cleaning the workbench. When I was doing this I came across a dis-assembled Morse …<\/p>\n

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