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National Morse Code Day!

Do you know your dits from your dahs? Have you learnt the iddy - umpty code? Today is National morse code day and we have a fun little download to help you celebrate (see below)

Published: 27 April 2024

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As we approach the 80th commemoration of D-Day we take a little look at the role that morse code played in WWII. Before Morse code, people didn’t even know electrical impulses could be used to send messages miles away almost instantaneously. It signaled a turn in communication systems everywhere, and the world has only advanced since that time. It’s been around so long — almost 160 years — that even historians agree it takes the top spot as the world’s first digital code. No other electrical coding system came close.

here’s a link to our morse code download sheet:  https://laverstockford-pc.gov.uk/d-day80

Want to know more about local activity in the run-up to D-Day here in the Parish? Visit the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection see here: http://www.boscombedownaviationcollection.co.uk/Index.htm

Learn your name in morse code: https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/morse-code-day/

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