morse code?

Question

when it was invented and people didnt know english, how did foreign countries use this system if morse is based on the english alphabet? source?

Answer 1

Morse code was not based on the English Alphabet but the Latin Alphabet. Therefore, all countries using the Latin alphabet could use it. Also, there are many types of morse. Some are still used where others have ended.

For example, Morse code was also used as an international standard for maritime communication until 1999, when it was replaced by the Global Maritime Distress Safety System. The French navy ceased using Morse code in 1997. the final message transmitted was "Calling all. This is our last cry before our eternal silence." I actually got to listen to it transmitted live on the radio which was quite moving. (just a side note)

Morse code has been used many times in music, print advertising, artwork, and as a plot device in films, television, and novels.
Check out the article on morse code and popular culture. very interesting

Answer 2

Originally created for Samuel F. B. Morse's electric telegraph in the early 1840s, Morse code was also extensively used for early radio communication beginning in the 1890s

Morse code has been in use for more than 160 years — longer than any other electronic encoding system. What is called Morse code today is actually somewhat different from what was originally developed by Vail and Morse. The Modern International Morse code was created by Friedrich Clemens Gerke in 1848 and initially used for telegraphy between Hamburg and Cuxhaven in Germany. After some minor changes, in 1865 it was standardised at the International Telegraphy congress in Paris (1865), and later made the norm by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as International Morse code..

Answer 3

Morse code was invented by an American, Samuel Morse. In 1865, the International Telegraphy Congress in Paris adopted an "internationalized" version of Morse code, which is the "Morse Code" that we know today. Samuel Morse's original Morse Code (commonly referred to as "American Morse") is rarely used today except in historical reinactments. International Morse code was later adopted by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) which sets worldwide standards for telecommunications.

Answer 4

Too many people have already exhausted wiki for you.

Morse code is far from dead. Amateur radio operators use it everyday on high frequency bands for communications around the world. Any number of nets of radio operators will be up and running with any disaster, around the world, for communication when all other forms of communication are out of service. Even the US Government, along with many others, have agreements with "ham" radio groups for communications in disasters. Morse code is used as a common language on radio.

There are symbols for the English language and other languages with specialty symbols. There are shortcut abbreviations using "Q" and "Z" codes which have specific meanings. These special codes are used to cut morse code to minimal usage but provide maximum information.

Answer 5

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In the early 19th century, all of the essential components necessary to construct an electrical communication system had been discovered. The most important of these were the battery by Volta, the relationship between electric current and magnetism by Oersted, and the electromagnet by Henry. It now remained for someone to find a practical method to combine these technologies into a working communication system.
Some commercial electrical communications systems existed in Europe as early as the 1830s. A classic example of this is the English "Needle Telegraph". The needle telegraph required two or more lines to form a complete circuit. It was also relatively slow and the design of the transmitting and receiving instruments was complex. Something simple and efficient was needed.

The Morse system of telegraphy was invented by Samuel Finley Breese Morse in the 1840s in the United States. "Morse Code" is essentially a simple way to represent the letters of the alphabet using patterns of long and short pulses. A unique pattern is assigned to each character of the alphabet, as well as to the ten numerals. These long and short pulses are translated into electrical signals by an operator using a telegraph key, and the electrical signals are translated back into the alphabetic characters by a skilled operator at the distant receiving instrument. It has also been acknowledged that Morse's partner Alfred Vail very likely assisted in the development of the code and the instruments used to transmit and receive it.

Morse telegraphy became the standard method of electrical communication in both the United States and Europe due to its simplicity and ability to work on inferior quality wires. In 1851, countries in Europe adopted a new code known as "continental" or "international" code. This new code was a modification of the original Morse. The new code eliminated the characters using spaced dots which were found to cause errors in transmission on undersea cables. The new code became the standard for all telegraph work except in North America where the original Morse was used on all landline circuits (except for undersea cable).

The applications of the Morse telegraph were many. The most well known of these to the general public was the commercial telegram service. The railroads were an early and enthusiastic user of the Morse system which improved the efficiency and safety of railroad operations manyfold. The Associated Press was originally an alliance of Morse telegraph services and operators dedicated to news dispatches. Industry found the telegraph indispensible for the transmission of business related communication including information on stocks and commodities. The American Civil War was the one of the first demonstrations of the military value of the telegraph in the control of troop deployment and intelligence. Even the flow of oil through pipelines was controlled by Morse telegraph.

In the 1920s automated teleprinter technology had become reliable enough to begin to replace the Morse operator. Manual landline telegraphy was slowly phased out until the 1960s when Western Union and the railroads discontinued use of their last Morse circuits. Morse continued to be used in Canada until the mid 1970s, and railroads in Mexico were still using the wire at least until 1990. A small but hardy group of retired telegraphers and telegraph enthusiasts continues to keep landline Morse alive in the US via a mode called "dial-up" telegraphy.

The study of manual telegraphy can be split into two major areas. The original application of the code was in what is referred to as "landline" telegraphy. Overhead wires or cable buried in the ground or in the ocean were used as a transmission line for the electromagnetic pulses. In the early 20th century, the Morse code was adapted to wireless transmission using radio waves. This became an extremely important commercial application of Morse code, particularly for communications with ships at sea. Eventually it was decided by international agreement that the "continental" code would be adopted for use in all radio communication. Thus telegraphy can be divided into its "landline" and "radio" applications.

Radiotelegraphy continues to be used commercially at the present time. In the United States, it is confined to a few shore stations communicating with ships at sea. This activity is expected to be gone in a few short years. Radiotelegraphy continues to be used by several tens of thousands of radio amateurs worldwide.

Currently, "Telegraph Lore" has a very strong landline flavor. I intend to continue this until someone submits some interesting material on radiotelegraphy. Any "Sparks" out there with some good stories to tell ?

Answer 6

english was developed b4 morse code

Answer 7

It was invented during the Industrial Revolution, and I believe it was only used in the U.S.

Answer 8

Just like today, they translated it from english.

Answer 9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code
I am not sure if this will have all the information you want, but wikipedia has an extensive article on the subject.

Answer 10

Really good question. maybe they all had a chart that showed them. and my friend thinks it was only used in the U.S.