And don’t forget the “American Morse” and “Continental” are different.
We use the “Continental” code on radio. They are quite different and
if you want to go wacky, try to copy American Morse either on the radio
or with a sounder! I used to hear some OTs on the bands using American
Morse some years ago. I learned it once but never used it enough to get
good at it. I worked for Western Union (The American telegraph Co.) for
30 years but the Morse was gone by the time I got there (1966). I was
able to save a few keys and sounders as they were considered junk.
And the Morse “registers”, (the item that inked the code onto a paper
tape) were being thrown into the trash by the ton. Too bad!
73
John, K6YK