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'Q' & train whistles

Bob Everson (everson@ADDL.PURDUE.EDU)
Mon, 22 Feb 1999 10:19:58 -0500


This is a Morse Code related question (to me anyway)....

Late at night when the air is still, we can hear a train whistle in the
distance as it approaches a grade crossing sounding the Morse Code letter
'Q'- -------, --------, ., -------. Apart from the easy ones-
a,e,i,t,h,s,o,m- it's probably the only other letter I readily recall-
since it is the sound of a train whistle as it approaches a grade crossing.

Question- Is there a connection? How was 'Q' chosen for this purpose?

This has puzzled me for a while.

Thanks

Bob Everson
Double Eagle
everson@addl.purdue.edu


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