Daily Quiz | On Morse Code
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The International Morse code encodes the 26 basic Latin letters a through z. Along with this, what else is encoded?
Answer : One accented Latin letter (é), the Arabic numerals, and a small set of punctuation and procedural signals
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How is the Morse code transmission rate specified?
Answer : Groups per minute/Words per minute
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The International Morse Code uses a small set of punctuation as standardized sequences of short and long “dots” and “dashes”. What are they also called?
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The first public message that Morse sent in the American Morse Code was first used on which telegraph line?
Answer : Baltimore-Washington telegraph line
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Morse code was sometimes known as “iddy-umpty”. This led to the formation of which English word?
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When the French Navy ceased using Morse code on January 31, 1997, what was the final message transmitted?
Answer : “Calling all. This is our last cry before our eternal silence.”
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Words have differing lengths because they contain differing numbers of dots and dashes. For this reason, a standard word is helpful to measure operator transmission speed. What are the two standard words used?