Gathering dust and fading into history

Very useful this equipment for an amateur radio operator !

I'm sure it would be very useful Pat! Thanks so much for your visit.

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Wonderful lighting; great and razor-sharp details Doug.

Thanks very much for your kind comment Jaap.

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Un outil très interessant en temps de guerre....!

Pretty useful in peacetime also Malik! Thanks very much for your visit.

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-. .. -.-. . - --- ... . . .. - Best wishes, Lothar

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Thanks so much for your visit

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good!

Thanks very much Markus

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Great piece of history, I am sure you will treasure that for many years to come Doug.

Many thanks for your visit Maurice.

It sits on my computer desk in pride of place!

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Une image qui nous fait remonter le temps, excellent rendu en NB !*******
Bonne soirée Doug.

Many thanks for your kind comment Jocelyne.

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Schitterende opname van deze oude morsesleutel.
Hartelijke groeten ...---...
Frans

Thanks so much for your kind comment Frans.

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I enjoy telling students the true story about what SOS represents!!!!

Thanks very much Andy. Which of the 'true' stories do you tell?

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Of course everyone knows the incorrect one about 'Save Our Souls', even some of my more advanced Spanish students of English.
I tell them that Samuel Morse got so fed up with people telling him they 'knew' its meaning that he eventually gave up and said 'Yes of course'.
But it's on record that he intended it to be the easiest / quickest way for someone to send an emergency message in a smoke-filled engine-room!
I hope I'm right. Otherwise I have a duty to inform 100s of past students that I have mislead them!

I'm afraid that Samuel Morse had nothing to do with the introduction of SOS as a signal of distress. SOS originated in German government maritime radio regulations in April 1905, becoming a worldwide standard when it was included in the service regulations of the first International Radiotelegraph Convention signed on 3 November 1906, which became effective on 1 July 1908.

When transmitted the dots of the S and the dashes of the O are sent without spaces between the letters. SOS has no meaning but is a distinctive combination of dots and dashes easily distinguished by a receiving operator. (believe me, when you hear it you sit up and take note!)

SOS remained the maritime radio distress signal until 1999, when it was replaced by the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System.

All rather boring compared to the rather more romantic story of 'Save Our Souls' linked to Mr Morse!

Enjoy the rest of the week informing your past students of the truth of the matter;-))

Doug

Thank you for putting me right, Doug.
I had a feeling you would come up with the definitive answer!
Actually I got it from a book purporting to tell the TRUE story behind some common word and phrase 'origin' fallacies, such as 'posh' and 'OK'.
Should I write to the editors do you think!!!!!
:o)

A superb picture, very nicely captured in mono Doug. Thank you for the interesting information. I remember seeing these in the old war films! You must treasure this.

Best wishes & good new week,
Rosa.

Thanks so much for your visit and kind words Rosa. As I said to Maurice the key sits on my computer desk in pride of place.

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Excellent macro with wonderful details, Doug!

Many thanks for your kind words.

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a most interesting find!
Perfect in BW

Thanks so much for your visit Annemarie.

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Un beau souvenir pouf vous c'est gentil de le partager avec nous 6

Many thanks for your visit Josiane.

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INTERESTINGLY.. MORSE IS STILL A "FALL BACK" COMMUNICATION !! IT WILL NEVER REALLY DIE

THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR VISIT . THE AMATURE RADIO OPERATORS KEEP THE SKILL ALIVE, BUT FOR HOW LONG?

HAVE A GOOD DAY PAM

Ich bin begeistert von dieser tollen Darstellung lieber Doug,der Fokus liegt perfekt vorne mit einen sehr schönen Schärfeverlauf und die SW Umsetzung dazu ist grandios:))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Abend,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))