Podcasts about Telegraphy

Episode: 3312 An 1861 Natural Philosophy test reveals far more than it meant to.Today, a look at physics before our Civil War.

Episode: 1355 Major General George Squire, Muzak, and struggling to be generous.  Today, a story about altruism and Muzak.

What Would Mark Twain Say?

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1093, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Be My Pal. With Pal in quotation marks 1: Under a League of Nations mandate, the British oversaw the affairs of this region from 1920 to 1948. Palestine. 2: It can mean the roof of the mouth, or more generally the sense of taste. Palate. 3: A board on which a painter mixes colors, or the range of colors he uses. Palette. 4: A fence of stakes forming a defensive barrier or fortification. Palisade. 5: These heroic champions of chivalry share their name with a 1950s Richard Boone TV character. Paladins. Round 2. Category: Edison: The Light And The Dark 1: In 1892 Edison's Light Company became this entity that is still a big deal today. General Electric. 2: Attempts to profit off this man's X-rays led to the tragic death of Edison's assistant Clarence Dally. Röntgen. 3: Edison stiffed this man to the tune of $50,000 and told him, "When you become...American, you will appreciate an American joke". Tesla. 4: Edison on this: "What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that". the sun. 5: To discredit the A.C. power system, Edison tried to make this tycoon's name synonymous with electrocution. Westinghouse. Round 3. Category: Pick Up Your Clothes 1: One runs between the hydrant and the fireman. hose. 2: It's a case in court brought by one party against another. suit. 3: Perspires. sweats. 4: For 2001 "For the Birds" and "The Accountant" are 2 of these that won Oscars. shorts. 5: The hours of the day you work; hopefully you're not on the night one. shift. Round 4. Category: An Inventive Category 1: Need to replace the fender on your Corvette? Thank Dale Kleist, who pioneered this material in the 1930s. fiberglass. 2: In 1855 the Lundstrom brothers used red phosphorus in these hot items to make them "safe". matches. 3: In 1853 David Smith patented one of these to keep your undies hanging on a line by using a spring clamp and 2 wooden levers. a clothespin. 4: He left Morse in his dust with his 1876 patent titled "Improvement in Telegraphy". Alexander Graham Bell. 5: This navigating instrument that helps find latitude and longitude was first developed in the 1750s. a sextant. Round 5. Category: Landing Zones Of Normandy 1: A branch of the Sioux Indian tribe. Omaha. 2: The Bear River runs through this state into a lake. Utah. 3: Bug, Glove or Coast. Gold. 4: Hellenically, Hera. Juno. 5: This weapon is aflame in Genesis 3:24. Sword. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

Pocos inventos cambiaron tanto el mundo como el del telégrafo, que hizo su aparición en su modalidad óptica a finales del siglo XVIII. Hasta ese momento para enviar mensajes a larga distancia había que hacerlo personalmente desplazándose. Eso ralentizaba mucho la comunicación y entrañaba infinidad de riesgos. Los mensajes a menudo se perdían por el camino o eran interceptados. Con eso en mente, en la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII varios inventores europeos se plantearon construir un sistema de atalayas que mantuviesen entre ellas contacto visual para así, mediante un código determinado previamente, pudiesen transmitirse mensajes en distancias muy largas. Este de las atalayas fue el primer sistema de comunicación discrecional a distancia y se le conoce como telégrafo óptico. Los franceses fueron los primeros en ponerlo en marcha en pleno periodo revolucionario, en 1793. Fue la guerra lo que empujó su aparición y su difusión ya que según empezó a funcionar otras potencias lo adoptaron sin dudarlo. La nueva república tenía a todos los monarcas de Europa en contra por lo que necesitaba un medio de comunicación rápido, fiable y seguro con los distintos frentes en los que combatían. El sistema de torres equipadas con señales móviles funcionó muy bien y en los años siguientes el telégrafo francés se extendió por todo el continente. El sistema óptico fue un gran avance, pero tenía algunos inconvenientes importantes. Por la noche no se podía utilizar, tampoco cuando había niebla o mal tiempo. Por esa razón y aprovechando los nuevos descubrimientos que se habían hecho en el campo de la electricidad, un científico británico llamado Francis Ronalds inventó en 1816 un nuevo tipo de telégrafo que se valía de un generador electrostático. Ofreció su invento al almirantazgo, pero no le vieron utilidad ya que el telégrafo óptico que habían instalado entre Londres y Portsmouth les valía para enviar órdenes a la flota. El invento de Ronalds prometía, pero aún no había llegado su momento. Lo haría dos décadas después cuando, también en Inglaterra, empezaron a tenderse las primeras líneas ferroviarias. De este modo un invento y otro se apoyaron mutuamente. El ferrocarril era veloz y necesitaba una transmisión de señales que también lo fuese. En 1837 entró en funcionamiento el primer telégrafo comercial entre Londres y Birmingham. Era obra de dos inventores británicos llamados William Cooke y Charles Wheatstone. Estaba formado por cinco cables y su uso entrañaba cierta complejidad. Al otro lado del Atlántico, en Estados Unidos, Samuel Morse se propuso mejorarlo reduciendo todo el sistema a un simple cable con dos estaciones en los extremos y lo consiguió. En 1844 las ciudades de Baltimore y Washington quedaron unidas por una línea telegráfica de un solo cable por el que discurría la señal en código creado por el propio Morse y que adoptó su nombre. El código Morse codificaba el alfabeto latino en pulsos eléctricos largos y cortos. A diferencia del de Cooke y Wheatstone, era sencillo de aprender y podía aplicarse en otras aplicaciones como las señales marítimas o mediante lámparas. Años después se convirtió en el código internacional. El telégrafo eléctrico se extendió por todo el planeta en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX pulverizando las distancias. Creció con la red ferroviaria, pero no se quedó ahí. Los ingenieros querían más, en 1866 se tendió la primera línea telegráfica que cruzaba el Atlántico y unos años más tarde Australia quedó unida al resto del mundo mediante un cable telegráfico. Imperios como el británico no hubieran sido posibles sin la expansión del telégrafo que terminó muriendo de éxito ya que inventos como el teléfono o la radio se inspiraron en él y terminaron tomándole el relevo. En El ContraSello: - La guerra de la Vandea - El bandolerismo Bibliografía: - "Telégrafos. Un relato de su travesía centenaria" de Sebastián Olivé - https://amzn.to/3PWM2PN - "Imperial Science: Cable Telegraphy and Electrical Physics in the Victorian British Empire" de Bruce J. Hunt - https://amzn.to/3PXdDQX - "Global Communication Electric" de M. Michaela Hampf - https://amzn.to/3PUNnGB - "A History of Telegraphy" de K. G. Beauchamp - https://amzn.to/46ainIp · “Hispanos. Breve historia de los pueblos de habla hispana”… https://amzn.to/428js1G · “La ContraHistoria de España. Auge, caída y vuelta a empezar de un país en 28 episodios”… https://amzn.to/3kXcZ6i · “Lutero, Calvino y Trento, la Reforma que no fue”… https://amzn.to/3shKOlK · “La ContraHistoria del comunismo”… https://amzn.to/39QP2KE Apoya La Contra en: · Patreon... https://www.patreon.com/diazvillanueva · iVoox... https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-contracronica_sq_f1267769_1.html · Paypal... https://www.paypal.me/diazvillanueva #FernandoDiazVillanueva #telegrafo #telegrafia Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Episode: 2635 How we thought in 1875: A magazine article titled in Morse Code.  Today, code for Kate.

Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc.

Episode: 2299 A snapshot view of dazzling technological change.  Today, we try to focus on a blur of change.

Bill and Rachel look at the intersection of modern, Second Industrial Revolution cities and the old scourge of urban fires through the lens of the Great Boston Fire of 1872. Links and notes for ep. 437 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AFD-Ep-437-Links-and-Notes-Fire-Alarm-Telegraphy-and-the-Great-Boston-Fire-of-1872.pdf Theme music by Stunt Bird. The post Aug 14, 2022 – Fire Alarm Telegraphy and the Great Boston Fire of 1872 – Arsenal For Democracy Ep. 437 appeared first on Arsenal For Democracy.

Mental Telegraphy by Mark Twain audiobook.

Chinese is one of the oldest still-spoken languages in the world. But when technologies arrived like telegraphy and computing, designed with the Roman alphabet in mind, if Chinese wanted to be able to participate then it had to choose between adapting, or paying a heavy price. And sometimes both were inevitable. Jing Tsu, author of Kingdom of Characters: the Language Revolution that Made China Modern, recounts how Chinese contended with obstacles like alphabetisation, Romanisation and standardisation. Find out more information about the topics in this episode at theallusionist.org/character, plus a transcript and the full dictionary entry for the randomly selected word. Sign up to be a patron at patreon.com/allusionist and not only are you supporting independent podcast, you get fortnightly patron-exclusive video livestreams and a Discord community full of language chat, craft pics and word game camaraderie. The Allusionist's online home is theallusionist.org. Stay in touch at twitter.com/allusionistshow, facebook.com/allusionistshow and instagram.com/allusionistshow.  The Allusionist is produced by me, Helen Zaltzman. The music is by Martin Austwick. Hear Martin's own songs via palebirdmusic.com. Our ad partner is Multitude. To sponsor an episode of the show this year, contact them at multitude.productions/ads. This episode is sponsored by: • Bombas, whose mission is to make the comfiest clothes ever, and match every item sold with an equal item donated. Go to bombas.com/allusionist to get 20% off your first purchase. • BetterHelp, online therapy with licensed professional counsellors. Allusionist listeners get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/allusionist. • Squarespace, your one-stop shop for building and running a sleek website. Go to squarespace.com/allusionist for a free 2-week trial, and get 10 percent off your first purchase of a website or domain with the code allusionist.  Support the show: http://patreon.com/allusionist See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeffrey Sconce is Professor in the Screen Cultures program and a Guggenheim Fellow for 2020-2021. Back in 2000, he published Haunted Media: Electronic Presence from Telegraphy to Television, which looked at how electronic media and the occult have always been intertwined, right back to the telegraph. He's the guest on this episode of Still Spoken, a wide-ranging chat about horror films, Freud, Spiritualists and seances, immortalists of Silicon Valley, posthumous electronic revenge, and whether you can expect your dog (not all dogs, just your favourite dog) to greet you in heaven.  As always, the interviewer is Elaine Kasket, author of All the Ghosts in the Machine: The Digital Afterlife of Your Personal Data; the interview took place in 2021.Written and produced by Elaine KasketAll music used under license from Epidemic Sound. In order of play:Synthesis Malfunction (Oh The City)Confused Mind (Stationary Sign)Snooper's Paradise (Jon Björk)Dingle Dangle (Jerry Lacey)

Loaded show. Join us as we talk Ukraine as Biden says American troops won't be in that country. Telegraphy much? Also, Pelosi is running for re-election. At 81. Singer Neil Young wants to cancel Joe Rogan, even threatening Spotify. And MSNBC's Joy Reid invents new ways you are racist.

I've been saving them up all year, and now it's time for the annual selection box of Bonus Bits! Things this year's guests said that couldn't fit into their episode, or weren't related to language, but ARE related to being a bonus bit. We've got percussive pan protests; the mating habits, and male-killing habits, of ladybirds; Icelandic aunts/uncles/cousins/wait which member of the extended family are you referring to?; Morse code machines; and a surprisingly heated topic, the semantics of salad. Links to all the original episodes featuring these guests are at theallusionist.org/bonus2021, plus a transcript and the full dictionary entry for the randomly selected word. The show will return in February 2022, but sign up to be a patron at patreon.com/allusionist for patron-exclusive livestreams in January! The Allusionist's online home is theallusionist.org. Stay in touch at twitter.com/allusionistshow, facebook.com/allusionistshow and instagram.com/allusionistshow.  Visit theallusionist.org/merch to obtain your Potato Fugue State sweatshirts and multidenominational Wintervalwear. The music is by Martin Austwick. Hear Martin's own songs at palebirdmusic.com or search for Pale Bird on Bandcamp and Spotify, and he's @martinaustwick on Twitter and Instagram.  Our ad partner is Multitude. To sponsor an episode of the show, contact them at multitude.productions/ads. This episode is sponsored by: • Catan, the building and trading board game where no two games are the same. Allusionist listeners get 10 percent off the original base game at catanshop.com/allusionist. • BetterHelp, online therapy with licensed professional counsellors. Allusionist listeners get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/allusionist. • Squarespace, your one-stop shop for building and running a sleek website. Go to squarespace.com/allusionist for a free 2-week trial, and get 10 percent off your first purchase of a website or domain with the code allusionist.  Support the show: http://patreon.com/allusionist See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode: 2070 The Belville family: Selling time for 103 years.  Today, Ruth Belville tells us the time.

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Episode: 2052 The many inventions of Sir Goldsworthy Gurney.  Today, we ride a gurney.

SOS is a really versatile distress call. You can shout it; you can tap it out in Morse code; you can honk it on a horn; you can signal it with flashes of light; you can spell it out on the beach with debris from your wrecked ship. Explaining where SOS came from and what it means are maritime archivist Christian Ostersehlte from the German Maritime Museum, and Paul Tyreman from PK Porthcurno, the Museum of Global Telecommunications. Find more information about the topics in this episode at theallusionist.org/sos.  There are a couple of category B swears in this episode. The music is by Martin Austwick. Hear Martin’s own songs at palebirdmusic.com or search for Pale Bird on Bandcamp and Spotify, and he’s @martinaustwick on Twitter and Instagram.  The Allusionist's online home is theallusionist.org. Support the show by becoming a patron at patreon.com/allusionist. Stay in touch at twitter.com/allusionistshow, facebook.com/allusionists how and instagram.com/allusionistshow. This episode is sponsored by: • Skillshare, the online learning community with thousands of inspiring classes for creative and curious people. Explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/allusionist and get a free trial of Premium Membership. • Bombas, makers of the most comfortable socks in the history of feet. Give a pair when you buy a pair, and get twenty percent off your first purchase at bombas.com/allusionist. • Squarespace, your one-stop shop for building and running a sleek website. Go to squarespace.com/allusionist for a free trial, and get 10 percent off your first purchase of a website or domain with the code allusionist. Support the show: http://patreon.com/allusionist See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thomas Alva Edison Episode # 1 Learning From Failure. Dr. Paul Israel of The Edison Papers, Rutgers University speaks about Thomas Edison's childhood in Milan Ohio and Port Huron, Michigan. Not a terribly gifted student, Thomas Edison thrived in learning independently and loved work from a very early age. Saving a young boy from an oncoming train changed the course of his life forever. To show his gratitude, the boy's father taught young Thomas Edison the new Morse telegraphic system. Edison exceed at Telegraphy and began to develop ways which improved the technology. Thomas Edison's father was an interesting character who both succeeded and failed throughout his life. Young Edison learned that failure is not the end, just another opportunity to succeed. #ThomasEdison #Edison #MilanOhio #PortHuronMichigan #EdisonPapers #MenloPark #EdisonNJ #EdisonMuseum #Inspiration #Motivation #Inventor #Telegraph #Telegraphy #RailRoad #Boston #NewYork #ThomasWatson #AlexanderGrahamBell #Morse #Inventor

Episode: 2005 Abram S. Hewitt: The other side of genius.  Today, the other side of genius.

Links:1. In the Shadow of Ultra: A Reappraisal of German Naval Communications Intelligence in 1914-19182. Very Special Intelligence: The Story of the Admiralty’s Operational Intelligence Centre 1939-19453.Room 40: British Naval Intelligence, 1914–19184. Germany's First Cryptanalysis on the Western Front: Decrypting British and French Naval Ciphers in World War I5. Technology, Shipbuilding and Future Combat in Germany, 1880-1914.”6. Sins of Omission and Commission: A Reassessment of the Role of Intelligence in the Battle of Jutland7. Ludwig Föppl: A Bavarian Cryptanalyst on the Western Front8. The Ultra Secret

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In the book Gaily the Troubadour, published in 1936, Arthur Guiterman wrote the following poem: First dentistry was painless; Soon oranges were seedless, Then bicycles were chainless The putting green was weedless, And carriages were horseless The college boy hatless, And may lays, enforce-less. The proper diet, fatless, Next, cookery was tireless, Now motor roads are dustless, Telegraphy was wireless, The latest steel is rustless, Cigars were nicotine-less Our T=tennis courts are sodless, And coffee, caffeine less. Our new religions, godless.   Join us as we continue the I Love The 80’s series by examining an elder brother who “Gives Love a Bad Name” because he is full of religion, but far from The Father.  

Artist Robbie Nock joins Jenny and Yelena to ponder the relationship between innovation, hysteria, and the supernatural. We take a short trip to the center of the earth, read from books by John Patrick Leary and Jeffrey Sconce, and debate capitalism ONCE AGAIN. Bonus: Yelena goes rogue and performs Keywords*. Required reading: *Keywords: The New Language of Capitalism, by John Patrick Leary  Haunted Media: Electronic Presence from Telegraphy to Television, by Jeffrey Sconce Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson *v*v*v*v* Clinging to humanity despite harrowing news from The Internet, Jenny Campbell (NYC) and Yelena Zhelezov (LA) make a podcast every Thursday, sometimes Monday or on occasion Tuesday. Frequently discussed: tech, nature, fine arts, human behavior, relationships, Soviet memories, and sharing economy. Dulcet sounds by Julia Holter. Follow/DM us: https://www.instagram.com/centeredsubjectpodcast/ 

From the bold dreams of an Italian scientist to global broadcasting. Radio and the creation of a simultaneous world.* From Bologna to the UK. The birth of wireless communication* A new era of transatlantic communications * From the rescuing of the Titanic to the Marconi scandal* Marconi, D’Annunzio and Mussolini* Radio and Fascism. Broadcasting and the crafting of a new language for the masses

One of the most memorable 2018 Super Bowl television commercials speculated on the loss of Alexa’s voice. At first, the viewer watches a woman at home, commanding the Amazon artificial-intelligence device to provide information. But the woman is surprised when the automaton belts out a cough and goes silent. Back at Amazon headquarters, the Alexa team reassures CEO Jeff Bezos of the backup plan, which entails the use of celebrities such as Gordon Ramsey and Cardi B to fill in for Alexa. Consumers requesting Alexa’s assistance are met with a slew of comical responses. The commercial aims to show the inadequacy and unpredictably of the human as a machine. In this episode, “Not So Artificial Intelligence,” I examine the ways in which assistive technology has become a new terrain for artists like Trisha Baga, Stephanie Dinkins, and Cara deFabio. Each artist has incorporated the use of assistive technology to explore human emotional labor as well as the slippery nature of language. For instance, in deFabio’s performance, Virtual Girlfriend (2017), the artist conducted extensive research on the crowdsourced labor of providing digital companionship to strangers around the world. Baga, meanwhile, examines what might happen when we develop an intimate relationship with a virtual assistant, in her work Mollusca & The Pelvic Floor (2018). The essay titled Telegraphy’s Corporeal Fictions, by the scholar Katherine Stubb, is a point of departure for the episode. Stubb’s work centered on phone operators, who were often women, as the providers of both connectivity and emotional support to the listener. --- Subscribe to Art Practical on iTunes to catch PRNT SCRN as soon as it publishes! Check us out on Instagram (@prnt_scrn_ap) and Twitter (@PRNTSCRN1). #APaudio

Every wondered why folk back in the day used the word "STOP" after each sentence when sending a telegraph. Tune in to find out.

Every wondered why folk back in the day used the word "STOP" after each sentence when sending a telegraph. Tune in to find out.

Making stuff automatically makes you better. Music and links from this episode http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Pierlo/Olivetti_Prodest/07_Venga_Bus (Venga Bus by Pierlo) http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Telegraphy/~/Walking_Alone (Walking Alone by Telegraphy) http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Pierlo/Olivetti_Prodest/10_Barbarian (Barbarian by Pierlo) http://freemusicarchive.org/music/MrJuan/12_O_Clock/04_-_MrJuan_-_Do_the_Pump_1854 (Do the Pump by MrJuan) Line-by-line notes INTRO No matter what you do as a job I think you should be doing this thing in your spare time Whether you're an accountant, a developer, a designer or a lawyer, doing this thing makes you automatically better at your job That thing is stuff And the thing you should be doing with it is making it Because making stuff makes you better This is AADA, and I’m Craig Burgess By the way, I’m feeling in a bit of a Friday mood today So today’s music is quite weekendy... PLAY MID SONG After recording another episode of AADA a few days ago, I started to think about what I could tell my younger 18 year old self That if I could go back in time, what is the one most important thing that's turned me into the human I am today? Im too humble to call myself successful, but I'm happy, and I lead a life I enjoy with no limitations. I got to thinking about what makes a good designer, and what one thing you could teach a young designer that could potentially turn that young designer into a great one When I sit down and really think about the things I've learnt in my short career of 11 years so far There's lots of things I could mention Creative ability Curiosity A passion for learning Networking Being friendly Helping others Having a vision And never giving up Yes, they're all important And really, it's impossible or not really that important to pick one But if I think about one thing specifically It's the simple act of making things And making things often Let me explain Making things can be anything, and I think that's why it's such a powerful concept to any industry In my world, making things meant designing stuff Even before I got my first design job, I've always just designed stuff Ever since I started my design education I became obsessed And started just making stuff all the time Because I was constantly making stuff I was constantly getting better I was getting 10000 hours of practice in just by designing stuff all the time And at the time when I first started out Almost 99 percent of it was for myself Just making stuff completely for the fun of it Some people would call this pointless But for me It was and still is some of the best work I do Because you get to explore things And learn new things And you're doing it for yourself and for nobody else I live for making work like this And making things At the minute I'm spending 2 hours a day making a podcast And some people might think that's quite a lot of time And it is But I do it because I just love the act of making things I'd prefer to spend 2 hours learning and making Than 2 hours vegetating Watching crap television The simple and sometimes complex act of making Has a deeper meaning for me It's like my daily meditation Or my daily exercise for my brain Im a maker at heart And if I'm not making things, I'm getting twitchy and not feeling myself Making stuff makes me a better human in so many ways So if there's one thing young designers should do Is make more stuff And keep making more stuff Because making more stuff than everybody else Automatically makes you better OUTRO  This was AADA. I’m Craig Burgess. Music featured in this episode was Venga Bus by Pierlo Walking Alone by Telegraphy Barbarian by Pierlo Do...

This week we explore the spaces of sound talking about convolution reverberation and how it can recreate the sound of real spaces. From La Scala in Milan to underground cisterns in Washington state, we dive deep to listen to space, and find that the space shapes more of what we hear than we might otherwise think! With several tracks from the very cool experimental group Telegraphy and our own live recording from the SARC, enjoy being immersed in the sound, and let it reverberate everything around you! Show notes as always over at www.bansheemedia.com Telegraphy tracks from freemusicarchive.org and they include: Infernal Convolution Hearts, Made In Detroit Distorted Reflections When Sounds Are Meaningless Sustain from Sympathetic Resonance LIVE @Sonorities Festival, 2017, performed by yours truly.

Foundations of Amateur Radio Recently I was told that Amateur Radio as a hobby is dead. This isn't news. It's often repeated and the story goes like this. The hobby is full of old dying men who when they finally shuffle off this mortal coil, or as we like to say "become a silent key", will take their hobby with them. There is anecdotal evidence to back this up. An organisation that tasked itself with the preservation of Morse Code in the tradition of Telegraphers and Seafarers is forecasting their demise due to the age of their membership. Other comments along these same lines talk about the futility of Amateur Radio in the face of other communication tools such as the Internet, Mobile Phones and the like. Emergency Services often ignore the Amateur Radio Service because they have all the communication infrastructure they need. People point at the declining numbers of Amateurs and say: "See, I told you, the numbers don't lie!" If you listen to this you might wonder why it is that you're fascinated by this endeavour and what it is that these tales of doom and gloom for the future of our hobby mean for you. Let's start with the numbers. In Australia in 2005 a new class of Amateur License was introduced. It's called the Foundation License and the purpose was to attract new people into the hobby of Amateur Radio. Looking at the numbers we see a year on year increase in the number of Foundation Calls. Many of those go on to gain extra responsibilities by getting a Standard or Advanced License. Some Amateurs let their Foundation Call lapse, so the increase of people entering is actually higher than a simple count of callsigns might suggest. So, we're getting more and more people into the hobby every year. But the overall numbers are declining. How can that be? Well, simple really. We don't have a problem with growth, we have a problem with retention. This means that as a community we're doing great things about getting new people into our wonderful hobby but doing a poor job at making them feel welcome and keep coming back. Those are numbers, but there are other things happening as well. The Internet today is a connection, actually an Inter-connection of networks. You might be surprised to learn that these networks started when we figured out how to use Morse Code on wires to send messages across the globe. While the original copper is probably not being used, though that in itself would be an interesting research project, the Internet today has its roots in the Morse Code driven Telegraphy network. The very first one of those was set up over 200 years ago in 1816. There is a long history of explaining the relationship between wire Telegraph and Radio Communication, featuring long cats, dogs and a war between Austria and Prussia. Suffice to say that Telegraphy and Radio Communications both form part of a symbiotic relationship. It still does today. The Wired Internet and the Wireless Internet are the same animal dressed up with fancy technology. Amateur Radio is the experimental arm of Radio Communications, so as long as humans want to communicate with each other we're here to stay. Time and again, Emergency Services need operators in the case of an actual emergency and historically they have been drawn from wherever experienced bodies could be rousted, suffice to say, the Amateur community keeps on giving. As for the old and dying men. Sure, we have some amazing history that senior members of the Amateur community have to contribute, with many lessons to be learned for the likes of young'ns like me, but I'm getting older every day and with me the rest of the population too. At some point we'll all be older and wiser, perhaps we'll even be Amateurs. Another way of looking at this is as the global population gets older with more free time on their hands, the more opportunities exist to introduce people into our hobby. As for the retention. As a community we really need to investigate what it is that makes people leave, since that's where the growth of our community is working against our achievements to promote and encourage new entrants. If you're not an Amateur today, I'd like to encourage you to investigate. If you are, then I'd like to encourage you to welcome new members, tell your stories and use your experience in this amazing hobby to share your excitement and sense of wonder. Perhaps consider if there is something you can do to help new Amateurs flourish in our community. I'm Onno VK6FLAB

PB65HSC Netherlands Indicativo especial activado por PA5V (HSC-569 desde 1967), que estara activo del 17 de mayo al 13 de junio de 2016 para celebrar el 65 aniversario del Club de alta velocidad Telegrafica (Radio Telegraphy High Speed Club) HSC. http://www.highspeedclub.org Qsl via PA5V. www.ea1wk.com AR K

PB65HSC Netherlands Indicativo especial activado por PA5V (HSC-569 desde 1967), que estara activo del 17 de mayo al 13 de junio de 2016 para celebrar el 65 aniversario del Club de alta velocidad Telegrafica (Radio Telegraphy High Speed Club) HSC. http://www.highspeedclub.org Qsl via PA5V. www.ea1wk.com AR K

PB65HSC Netherlands Indicativo especial activado por PA5V (HSC-569 desde 1967), que estara activo del 17 de mayo al 13 de junio de 2016 para celebrar el 65 aniversario del Club de alta velocidad Telegrafica (Radio Telegraphy High Speed Club) HSC. http://www.highspeedclub.org Qsl via PA5V. www.ea1wk.com AR K

PB65HSC Netherlands Indicativo especial activado por PA5V (HSC-569 desde 1967), que estara activo del 17 de mayo al 13 de junio de 2016 para celebrar el 65 aniversario del Club de alta velocidad Telegrafica (Radio Telegraphy High Speed Club) HSC. http://www.highspeedclub.org Qsl via PA5V. www.ea1wk.com AR K

Episode three: How does beer influence work? As startups increasingly offer alcohol at the workplace, we examine how Lemonly's beer policy works, and compare it with that of BuzzFeed's Minneapolis office. // Music by Sioux Falls’ own Corey Gerlach, as well as Broke For Free, Chris Zabrinskie, Patrick Lee, and Telegraphy. // For episode four, we're gathering stories about office space. Send us your tales of construction and shared tables, maintenance problems and that sweet feeling of owning your own place. Email humansandresources@gmail.com with your stories.

Capsule thématique sur le désir à l’occasion du Concours Philosopher 2015 Participants: Stéphane Courtois (UQTR), Marc-Antoine Dilhac (Université de Montréal) et Christian Nadeau (Université de Montréal). Réalisation: Marc-Kevin Daoust et Jean-Philippe Royer Montage: Marc-Kevin Daoust Son: Marc-Kevin Daoust Musique: Toute la musique que vous entendrez sur cet épisode est sous licence Creative Commons - Christian Bjoerklu - "Hallon", Telegraphy - "Infernal Convulsion", Tours - "Enthousiast", Moussorsgky - "Night on Bald Mountain".

"En palabras de otros" es un podcast mensual en el que invitamos a escritores a leer en voz alta y comentar cuentos escritos por otros autores y publicados en las páginas de Letras Libres. En este episodio, David Miklos lee el cuento "El vestido más hermoso", de Peter Stamm, que fue publicado en Letras Libres en julio de 2012 y puede leerse aquí: http://www.letraslibres.com/revista/cuento/el-vestido-mas-hermoso Música: "Telegraphy", de Monopole, y "Venus", de Gospel of Mars, www.freemusicarchive.org

What use is an F-call? Last week I talked about computers and the Foundation License. There is a blanket perception being perpetuated that computers, radios and your Foundation License don't mix, are not allowed and if you were to be so foolhardy as to connect your computer to your radio, you'd be subject to all manner of retribution from the ACMA. Most of this is based on hear-say and misunderstanding. There's nothing stopping you from connecting your computer to your radio and for example have it read the current frequency and mode and store that in your logging software. There's also nothing wrong with using the computer to change the frequency and mode on your radio, when you click on a DX cluster entry and it changes the settings on your radio, or if you were to use it to deal with the Doppler shift to match an overflying satellite. Computers can also be used to set-up memories, CTCSS codes, preferences and other settings supported by your radio. It can be used to show waterfall displays and to decode signals as they come in. You can use a computer to do audio filtering, digital signal processing and all manner of CPU intensive activities. You can run a CW skimmer, to decode Morse as it comes past, connect it to a wide-band receiver and listen to many frequencies at once. None of this has anything to do with your Foundation License restrictions, or with the LCD for that matter. Onto other things. The LCD states that: "if the emission mode is 200HA1A (or 200 Hertz, Amplitude Modulated, Single Channel, Telegraphy for aural reception - i.e. Morse Code or CW), the information to be transmitted is sent by the use of a manually operated Morse key;" This is stopping you from using your license to send out an automatic beacon. The aim is to have you as a human, still in the loop. A manually operated Morse key means that you have to actually push it with your hand. There's nothing preventing you from using an Iambic Paddle mechanical, or electronic. As long as you're still punching out the code. With the advent of Software Defined Radios, the separation between computer and radio is becoming even more diffuse. If your radio is a computer, another myth does the rounds. "A Foundation Call cannot use Software Defined Radio." This is untrue. If your SDR was manufactured commercially then you're good to go. Seriously. You still have the same restrictions on modes and bands, power output and the like. You cannot send computer generated digital modes, though you can decode them. The computer in this equation is no different from the previous examples. Being an F-call is fun, you should try it sometime. I'm Onno VK6FLAB.

New Telegraphy by Patrick Williams

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