[78-L] earliest recorded fon call Hello Hawaii How Are You!

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
>>> The official technical description of ANY use
>>> of Morse code by radio was "Wireless Telegraph".
> Steven C. Barr wrote:
>> Nope...you lost a "Y!" Code transmission (which, BTW, uses
>> the "International" code, not the Morse code...!) is regarded by
>> the FCC as "wireless telegraphY" or mode "A1" (voice is "A3!").
> There was no FCC around in the teens and 20s, so your mode designations
> are anachronisms. (And isn't A1 Continuous Wave or CW?  That wasn't
> often used in 1915.)
Possibly...particularly since much "wireless telegraphy" still used "spark 
gap"
systems in those early years...! In fact, "Wireless telephony" was first 
used
in (IIRC) 1906, when Reginald Fessenden (A Canadian!) used a high-
frequency "alternator" (AC generator) to provide the "carrier wave" for
his experiments in radio-telephony...amazing a few listeners with his 
broadcast
of Christmas carols...!

> I understand that you make telephony calls and
> once in a while you used to receive a telegraphy from Western Union.
> The SYSTEMS (and the USE of the systems) are called telegraphy,
> telephony, wireless telegraphy, and wireless telephony; but the DEVICES
> are called The Telegraph, The Telephone, The Wireless Telegraph, and the
> Wireless Telephone.
>
Agreed...nonetheless, as you yourself point out, the "Y" ending covers the
practice...and the "E" (or none) describes any messages received thereby!
Thus, back when I was KN9JOO, I used "wireless telegraphy" (in fact, I
was a strictly-CW "ham!") to transmit information...!

BTW, "CW" stands for "continuous wave" because code transmission
consists of an interrupted (to match International Code...!) carrier wave
controlled by one's "key!"

And "Morse Code," developed for use in electrical telegraphy, is
different from "International Code"...particularly with respect to
numerals...!

In fact, back in 1949, I used to be a friend and sometime observer
of the chap who was the station agent...and thus telegrapher...of the
RR Station in Waynesville, Illinois! RR "telegraphy" used the Morse
code...the primary difference is/was in how numbers were represented!

...stevenc
> I have three books here: "The ABC of Wireless Telegraphy" from 1904,
> "Wireless Telegraphy and Wireless Telephony" from 1915, and "Elements of
> Radio Telephony" from 1923.  The 1904 book illustrates the Morse
> Telegraph Alphabet on page 77 in the midst of discussing some
> transmission systems in use in England and Bavaria, so the International
> Code was apparently not yet in use.  The 1915 book illustrates both the
> Morse and Continental codes on page 98 and 99, and on pages 102 and 103
> explains: "There are two Codes in general use for wireless telegraph
> purposes, the Morse and Continental.  . . .  Atlantic coastwise steamers
> use the Morse code; transatlantic ships use the Continental code."  Note
> that there is no "y" at the end of "wireless telegraph" in the first
> sentence.  Likewise, in the third book they also use both forms of the
> words, sometimes in the same paragraph.  For example on page 4: "The
> operation of radio or wireless telephone systems requires corresponding
> units . . ." and "Thus for radio telephony the battery will be replaced
> by a high frequency current generator . . ." in the same paragraph.
>
>
>> (for whatever reason, most of us "hams"
>> were guys, NOT gals...?!)
>>
>
> Actually the reason you thought there were no female amateurs is that
> they are not called gals, they are YLs or XYLs.
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>> _._. __. __.. . _. ____. .___ ___ ___
>>
>> ...stevenc
>>
>> "are "bugs"...the keys that created dots mechanically...now in
>> "expensive collectable" status...?!?!
>>
>
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