LESSONS IN MORSE

New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 66, 27 September 1940, Page 4

LESSONS IN MORSE

Sir,-The latest issue of The Listener has a page on Lessons in Morse, and I became interested, because, as a member of the local volunteer corps about 40 years ago, I set out to learn signalling. I picked up a book on the subject, and it contained a hint on a quick way to learn the code. I do not know-if this system is still in existence or is still practised, but it might be helpful to beginners. My son went away with the signallers, First Echelon, and he was interested, and had not seen it during his instruction. _ The idea is to get one signal, and in a parallel column put down the reverse signal; for instance opposite one dot, a dash is placed, and so on down the column. Then words are fitted, so that when the list of words is learned, the signal for that word is soon worked out. I enclose the system, as far as I can remember

it, after 40 years.

H. L.

CHADWICK

(Hawera).

FIRST SIGNAL Every e I ee Signals ecce High e@ece Answer oUntil eoVery eeoWhen e--Commences -e---® Read ee Learn e-ee Flag eo-e (P) and e---e Judicious e-_-----Zeal -- @ @

SIGNAL REVERSED Time _ Make -_-- On _-_- Not -e Distinguished — ee Bad -ece Guessing ---e Keenly -- eYoung -e---Quickly --eXercise -ee-

(We are indebted to our correspondent for his interesting letter.--Ed.).