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significance of Morse code in the
The second part of the talk was present, since many advanced
about Morse code, which was ways of communication
developed by and named after have been developed. Abner
Samuel Morse, an American agreed with this sentiment,
inventor. Tzyy Yu explained that but he explained that we may
Morse codes were created for encounter situations where
use in the electrical telegraph modern technologies fail to
system in the early nineteenth function, such as getting lost in
century. He added that Alfred a jungle. This is when we rely on
Vail, an American machinist, the dots and dashes in Morse
also contributed to the further code to save our lives.
development of Morse code
to include alphabets, as it Another student asked
originally only consisted of if there were any other
numbers. internationally recognised code
communication methods, and
Next, Tzyy Yu listed a few uses the answer was no. Flag semaphores signals
of Morse code (mainly in the
military field) and alternative Apart from that, someone
methods to transfer Morse wondered how other countries
codes without a telegraph. use Morse code since their
A video regarding the origin languages are not written in the
and development of Morse Latin alphabet. Abner explained
codes was then played in that there are different versions
order for the students and of Morse code applicable to
teachers to achieve a deeper different alphabets.
understanding. After the video,
Tzyy Yu shared some tips and
techniques for decoding Morse
codes before ending.
Next up, a Q&A session was
conducted to clear the doubts
of students and teachers.
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Firstly, a student doubted the Joshua Loy Kai Siang SR1SCB Techniques to memorise the Morse code symbols
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