Re: 'Morse' code
DryerMS (DryerMS@CLF.NAVY.MIL)
Fri, 26 Mar 1999 15:54:22 -0500
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cheryl Singhal [mailto:csinghal@CAPACCESS.ORG]
> Sent: Friday, 26 March 1999 13:33
>
> Several old shows used Morse; Dragnet I believe had an episode; I know
> Star Trek (original) had several -- even ST-V used it but
> that was movie;
> b'lieve Barnaby Jones used it early on ...
>
> ...
>
> Music majors tell me that certain composers (most of whom I had never
> heard of) frequently spelt out things with the "beat" notes
> or with the
> first note on alternate lines (and please don't anyone tell me how
> irrational that last one is, I already believe it is).
>
If I remember correctly, the old "Victory at Sea" series (which was about
WWII sea battles) used Beethoven's Fifth Symphony for its theme song.
Although I could never learn enough Morse code for an ham licence, I can
recognize Beethoven's "bum, bum, bum, bummmm" as the International Morse
"dit dit dit dah" or "V" for Victory.
YIS,
Mark Dryer
ASM, Troop 1
Tidwater Council
Norfolk, VA
