Morse code experts may wish to advocate that the younger generation stick to the convention of separating the letters coded in your message. Consider that a single dit is an E, two dits an I, etc, now quickly realize that if McBride had really sent "...---..." he would have got back ".... ..- .... ..--..". > Wirt may be sending out an ...---... and just doesn't know it. > > (For those still acquainted with Samuel's original coding method, predating > ASCII by a few decades). For others not so acquainted (the younger ones on the > list?) here's a hint: this sequence of 3 coded letters was first used during a > disaster by Marconi operator McBride to send a call for help by the Titanic > after hitting the ice berg. :) > > <shameful quote snipped> * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *