There is no mention of which "Morse Code" was used in the film, By
describing the instruction given, the article infers it is "modern"
(International) Morse, but I would think the code in use domestically
during the Civil War would have been the original American Morse
developed by Vail and Morse. An article on Morse code in Wikipedia
states the following;
"Morse code has been in use for more than 160 years---longer than any
other electrical <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical> coding
system. What is called Morse code today is actually somewhat different
from what was originally developed by Vail and Morse. The Modern
International Morse code, or /continental code/, was created by
Friedrich Clemens Gerke
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Clemens_Gerke> in 1848 and
initially used for telegraphy between Hamburg
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg> and Cuxhaven
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuxhaven> in Germany. Gerke changed nearly
half of the alphabet and all of the numerals
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_digit> resulting substantially
in the modern form of the code. After some minor changes, International
Morse Code was standardized at the International Telegraphy Congress in
1865 in Paris, and was later made the standard by the International
Telecommunication Union
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Telecommunication_Union>
(ITU). Morse's original code specification, largely limited to use in
the United States and Canada, became known as American Morse code
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Morse_code> or /railroad code/.
American Morse code is now seldom used except in historical re-enactments."
Some of the characters in American Morse differ from modern characters
by utilizing spacing within the character as part of the character.
Garry, NI6T
On 1/7/2013 8:57 AM, N6hc wrote:
FYI...I thought this was semi-interesting
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http://www.newsleader.com/article/20121225/NEWS01/312250031/Va-telegraph-experts-bring-accuracy-Lincoln-
On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 10:47 PM, <Georgek5kg@aol.com
<mailto:Georgek5kg@aol.com>> wrote:
> Ok, this is not a contesting question, but a curious one nevertheless.
>
> I just saw the Lincoln movie. In the movie, there was a lot of scenes of
> telegraph as it was used during the Civil War. I am curious to know if
> the
> code was authentic. I know that there is a group of hams who specialize
> in copying the old Morse telegraph code - they had a booth at Dayton.
>
> 73, George
>
> George Wagner, K5KG
> Sarasota, FL
> 941-400-1960 cell
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