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VK6BE > CW 25.07.05 15:47l 22 Lines 1088 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: Aldis lamps..
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From: VK6BE@VK6JY.#ALY.#WA.AUS.OC
To : CW@WW
We were trained in lamp signalling in training camp during the war. I siad
in a previous bulletin that we operated morse code at around 20 wpm.
According to our instructors that the response of the eye limited lamp
signalling speed to about 10 w.p.m. By mid WW2 lamps were not used in
the field by the Australian Army due to the risk of sniper fire.I think
the Navy probably still used lamps.
Bob VK6BE.
> Was wondering if anyone out there in WW land, has ever used an aldis lamp? If so, was it a rather
slow mode of communication, or could a person work up to a fairly good
speed with practice? I understand from a friend of mine, who has his
second mate's ticket, that the only place where an aldis lamp is used as
of a couple of years ago was entering the Mediterranian at Gibraltor..
> Wonder if this is still the case? He also mentioned a bit of software that trained a person in
learning morse visually.. cannot recall the name of it. is there anyone
out there who knows the name of this programme?
> (&) Andrew J. Bowlby
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