Awesome paddle work! I wish to get up to speed with CW again and also manage a paddle! I got a Heathkit recently but sadly its almost broken to beyond repair!
Yes. The telegrams are transmitted from Saginaw, Michigan to Fairbanks, Alaska via a working telegraph circuit. Fairbanks is about 17 miles from “Santa Claus House” at North Pole, AK. The telegrams are transmitted at commercial speeds by qualified operators using American Morse Code, which was standard for commercial telegraphy. The code differs somewhat from the familiar Continental Code (International Morse) used by maritime, military and radio amateurs via radio. The telegraph instruments are all original. The primary instrument in use is a Western Union press set. The semiautomatic key, or “bug” is a World War Two Vibroplex J-36.
@@SkyCharter This probably isn't the best forum to respond in detail, so I'll refer you to page 3 of the December, 2013 issue of the "QNI Newsletter" available at: qninewsletterdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/qni-2013-12.pdf as well as page 11 of the December, 2018 issue of the "QNI Newsletter:" qninewsletterdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/qni-2018-12.pdf. For the Saginaw event, we use telegraphy, but radiotelegraphy (CW) could be used as well. For more information on Morse telegraphy, please visit the web page of the Morse Telegraph Club, an association of retired railroad and commercial telegraph operators, former telegraph industry employees, historians and others with an interest in the history of telegraphy and telecommunications at: www.morsetelegraphclub.com. Should you have further questions, please arrange to contact me directly. Thank you!
Awesome paddle work! I wish to get up to speed with CW again and also manage a paddle! I got a Heathkit recently but sadly its almost broken to beyond repair!
Is someone receiving these for real... and for Santa of course?
Yes. The telegrams are transmitted from Saginaw, Michigan to Fairbanks, Alaska via a working telegraph circuit. Fairbanks is about 17 miles from “Santa Claus House” at North Pole, AK. The telegrams are transmitted at commercial speeds by qualified operators using American Morse Code, which was standard for commercial telegraphy. The code differs somewhat from the familiar Continental Code (International Morse) used by maritime, military and radio amateurs via radio. The telegraph instruments are all original. The primary instrument in use is a Western Union press set. The semiautomatic key, or “bug” is a World War Two Vibroplex J-36.
@@JimWB8SIW Wow. Please describe the working telegraph circuit.
@@JimWB8SIW Guess what I'm really asking is how can others do this. This is pretty cool.
@@SkyCharter This probably isn't the best forum to respond in detail, so I'll refer you to page 3 of the December, 2013 issue of the "QNI Newsletter" available at: qninewsletterdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/qni-2013-12.pdf as well as page 11 of the December, 2018 issue of the "QNI Newsletter:" qninewsletterdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/qni-2018-12.pdf. For the Saginaw event, we use telegraphy, but radiotelegraphy (CW) could be used as well. For more information on Morse telegraphy, please visit the web page of the Morse Telegraph Club, an association of retired railroad and commercial telegraph operators, former telegraph industry employees, historians and others with an interest in the history of telegraphy and telecommunications at: www.morsetelegraphclub.com. Should you have further questions, please arrange to contact me directly. Thank you!