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Old time ham radio operators know this one. Answer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_signal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_signal
by 7402 2y ago
Old time ham radio operators know this one.
Answer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_signal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_signal
- thih9 2y ago> A wire signal is a brevity code used by telegraphers to save time and cost when sending long messages. > Today, amateur radio operators still use codes 73 and 88 regularly, and -30- is used in journalism, as it was shorthand for "No more - the end".
- 082349872349872 2y ago10-4 ( https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24353 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24353 doesn't seem to have numeric codes, yet probably they were translated for the benefit of the reader: I doubt "Please send slower!" was transmitted in exactly those characters during a conversation which opened "B m—X n") EDIT: confirmed: Then followed the figure "4," which means, "When shall I go ahead?" EDIT: according to http://www.civilwarsignals.org/pages/tele/wurules1866/92code.html http://www.civilwarsignals.org/pages/tele/wurules1866/92code... Nattie's "Please repeat." would've been "R" on the wire, so "Please send slower!" was probably symbolised with equal brevity? It also gives -13- as "I understand", which makes more sense, as a reply to -12-, than the wikipedia page's entry.