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The message we had to transmit was given to us as 1's and 0's. But we could transmit as many bits per symbol as we wanted. I think we were scored based on speed
by js2 3y ago
The message we had to transmit was given to us as 1's and 0's. But we could transmit as many bits per symbol as we wanted. I think we were scored based on speed and error rate, so it did you no good to finish first if the message was garbled.
This was almost three decades ago and I'm working from memory so I may very well have some bits wrong.
- WalterBright 3y agoAh, that makes sense. Semaphore would have been ideal, then. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaphore#/media/File:Semaphore_Signals_A-Z.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaphore#/media/File:Semaphor...