Murilo Mendes, Brazilian poet, telegrapher, and forerunner of the Surrealist movement, was born OTD in 1901 https://cromwell-intl.com/radio/morse-code.html?s=mb #telegraphy #history
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#OnThisDay #SierraLeone was granted its independence (1961) from the United Kingdom.

#Zambia national football team plane crashed (1993). All 25 passengers and five crew members were killed.

Birth Anniversary of Samuel Morse (1791) - co-developer of #MorseCode and helped to develop the commercial use of #Telegraphy.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/news

The other is a Raspberry Pi image for the same purpose: connect a paddle or straight key to GPIO, audio out to a speaker, boot it, and you are live on the #CW server.

You can leave it on and hear people calling CQ or testing their hardware.

https://github.com/yo3gnd/pigCW

#hamradio #telegraphy #morsecode

The 1st Swiss #Telegraphy Cup takes place in Bellinzona on May 9th.
Good luck everyone 🙂
#hamradio #morsecode
https://hb9dhg.net/project/2026-swiss-cup/
1st Swiss Telegraphy Cup | hb9dhg

Re-learning #CW from the beginning, again, let's see if this time my reading capacity finally appears T•T

I managed to get my SO as a learning partner, he says it's having fun! (And learning at a faster pace than me ^•^')

#Morse #HamRadio #Telegraphy

🚢 QRV zum Gedenken an die Titanic: Sonderrufzeichen EG1912T
Diesen April gedenken wir einer der bewegendsten Tragödien der Seefahrt und ehren die Helden an den Tasten. 📻⚓️

Vom 10. bis zum 15. April wird das Sonderrufzeichen EG1912T in der Luft sein, um an das Schicksal der RMS Titanic und die mutigen Telegrafisten zu erinnern, die bis zum Ende ihr Bestes gaben.

Die Helden der Funkwelle 🎙️
Im Fokus der Aktivität stehen:

Jack Phillips & Harold Bride: Die Funker der Titanic.

Harold Cottam: Der Telegrafist der RMS Carpathia, der den Notruf empfing und die Rettung einleitete.

Details zum Funkbetrieb
🗓 Zeitraum: 10. April (Auslaufen) bis 15. April (Untergang).

🌐 Bänder: Kurzwelle & V/U/SHF.

📡 Modi: Alle Betriebsarten sind willkommen.

🎼 Schwerpunkt: Ein besonderer Fokus liegt auf CW (Telegrafie) zu Ehren der historischen Morse-Kommunikation.

QSL & Bestätigungen 📧
Jeder Kontakt zählt! QSL-Karten werden via Büro, eQSL und LoTW versendet.

Special: Wer die Station in CW arbeitet, erhält eine exklusive Sonder-QSL-Karte speziell für Telegrafie-Kontakte!

Hört rein und helft uns, diese Geschichte lebendig zu halten. Wir freuen uns auf viele QSOs!

Siehe dazu auch: https://www.ure.es/memorial-titanic-eg1912t/.

#HamRadio #Amateurfunk #Titanic #EG1912T #MorseCode #Telegraphy #CW #History #RMSCarpathia #Sonderrufzeichen #RadioOperator #QSO #April2026

Texas was linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States OTD in 1855, with the completion of a connection to New Orleans https://cromwell-intl.com/radio/morse-code.html?s=mb #history #telegraphy
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All Red Line: The British Empire's Secret Weapon of Communication | Amusing Planet
https://www.amusingplanet.com/2026/02/all-red-line-british-empires-secret.html?m=1

#England #History #telegraphy

All Red Line: The British Empire's Secret Weapon of Communication

Edward Davy, who died OTD in 1885, played a prominent role in the development of #telegraphy https://cromwell-intl.com/radio/morse-code.html?s=mb #hamradio #history
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