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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
 Goh Zhi Xin SR1SCD
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