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Morse translations
editI have deleted the translations into Morse code because they are not accurate and are not supported by the sources. Firstly, the translation given for "home" actually says "house". Secondly, the coding given is modern International Morse whereas 19th century US examples were, in all probability, using the rather different American Morse (also called Railroad Morse). Certainly the second example "please fill me in" > "6naz fimme q" makes no sense at all in modern morse - the tyro operator would have had to have sent utter garbage to get that result. On the other hand, in American Morse small errors in timing (which is much more critical for correct transmission in American morse) easily achieves that result, and the error and correct meaning would be pretty obvious to an experienced operator. SpinningSpark 16:00, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
Ham radio term "Lid"
editAmong hams the term "Lid" means a bad radio operator. It apparently arises from the American Morse transmission of LID instead of DD by hanging on the key too long at the first D, transforming the initial dash of D into the long dash that means L. The following two dots then become the letter I. Snezzy (talk) 03:30, 3 March 2018 (UTC)