Do you know Morse code?

I would expect a lot of answers like “what’s morse code?”

True story: my father had a cell phone years ago (may have been Nokia) with a month to month plan. Near the end of the month, when it was running low, it would play a little Morse code, as a reminder to re-up. When it first happened my father called them up to find out what the Morse code was all about. The kid who answered the phone didn’t know what he was talking about and thought he had some kind of nut case calling. He finally took it in to show them the Morse code “feature” and no one in the shop knew that phone would do that. Being a WWII radio operator and Ham, Dad knew what it was saying, but I forget the details now.

Also, at the end of Iron Butterfly Theme there is a little snatch of Morse code. Dad translated that for me once but I think it turns out to be nonsense.

The poll options seem a bit heavily weighted towards the ‘profivient’ end of the spectrum.

Sice there was no ‘Only SOS’ option I voted ‘No but kind of interested’, although I doubt I will ever actually make the time to learn.

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Many moons ago I learned it long enough to pass a ham license but I never really got into it hardcore and can’t say I remember much. Every now and then I look at it and some comes back to me but I wouldn’t say I could easily use it without really studying over it again.

I hope he soon becomes Forsyther P. Jones :stuck_out_tongue:

How's about The Most Forsythest P. Jones Infinity Plus One.

Thanks, yes, sb fixed my username. Type it into a search engine if you want to know what it is about ;).

I only remember E I S H T M O :partying_face:

@Forsythe:

Do you like the show Riverdale, or do you prefer the comic books?

I miss Marlin P Jones…

I also want “LOL” mode instead of “SOS” mode, so I can flash my snarky retorts at people from a distance.

> Do you like the show Riverdale, or do you prefer the comic books?

I remember the comic books from the old days. I haven’t seen the TV show and even though I’d already heard of it, I found myself surprised just now that such a thing existed.

The best I used to be able to do was spell out “SOS” and I only knew that because an ol’ zoomie had that annoying function. :smiley:

That works.
He can also become The Most Forsythest P. Jones Infinity Plus One Jr.

I think Morse code is interesting but I would NOT want to program a flashlight with a whole bunch of clicking. Too time-consuming and it’d wear out the switch doing something other than providing me light. Now if someone could devise a system where words or sentences in Morse could be flashed directly to the light—-then we’d be talking.

My wife’s whole family knew it due to them being hamsters.

Lol it took me a second to realize you meant ham radio operators xD

That explains it, i was confused at what that meant

It takes a lot of clicking already! The idea is to use LESS clicking, by not having to navigate all the menus. You just enter a few letters to get directly to the mode you want.

well, imagine a flashlight that will program
a limited number of phrases in Morse Code.
sort of like a smartphone quick response text.

so…text in MC as mentioned above: LOL
dotdashdotdot, dashdashdash, dotdashdotdot
for example.