Evening journal., 1914-05-07
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sociation of Delaware, at Wilmington,
no 10 a. m. 49,. Editor EVENING
JOURNAL 49,. This association
sends YOU its cordial thanks for your
cooperation in giving us your weekly
Scout column. sig NJ. O. Taylor, sec
tary.
The receiving operator will add to
the message received tho month, date.
year, omitting "fm" and "at," and, af-
ter satisfying himself that the check
and the number Of words correspond,
will give "RD' followed by the. call
letter of his station and his own per
sonal signal. lie will then enter in the
proper places, at the head of the blank,
the call letter Of his own station, with
his own personal signal, and the time
the message was received. When sew
cral messages are TO be sent in sue
session END of message signal will
be made after the signature OF each, to
he followed by the abbreviation "AliR"
meaning another" after which com
mence with the next message. No mes
sage will be considered sent until its re-
ceirt has been acknowledged by the re-
eeivine station. In the army, in case
OF an official message, the abbreyiation
"OFAi" Is sent Immediately after the
check and before "fm." This subject is
something that should be carefully
studied by every Scout and no Scout
should feel that he is "up" ON signal
inc unless he can send message and
receive one in the proper order. He
should always remember that accuracy
is the first requisite.
The proper number TO man a signal
station is four. One signals and re-
ceives and calls out the signals OF the
other station; one calls off outgoing and
writes down incoming messages; one
watches the other station for breaks
and the fourth acts as messenger TO
deliver the messages after they are
written out. The one in command gives
the order "Open station on arriving
at the desired location. when all equip
ment Is made ready AT the command
"Close station" signal equipment Is
packed up.
Signals may also be sent in Morse
code by whistling, a short whistle for a
dot and a long one for u dash. Interval
! between words is slightly longer than
between letters. The Ardois system. IN
use in the navy, is display OF four
lights, usually electric, swinging from
staff, mast or yard. These lights are
manipulated by a keyboard placed at
the station, and marked with the ap-
propriate signal letters or signs. The red
lamp indicates dot and the white
lamp a. dash -Four lamps are placed
on a vertical siaif and electrically IL
Illuminated to indicate the dots ano
dashes which represent the letters OF
the alphabet. For instance, red-white
or dot-dash. represents the letter a
and white-red-red-red, or dash-dot-dot
dot, represents the letter b. The lights
are placed vertically and read from th'
ton downward. As there are but foui
lamps used, the numerals of the Inter
national Morse code must be spelled Ou
in full. Interval" is red-white-red
white. and takes the place OF front,
used with the flag, etc. lngeniou
Scouts with leanings toward electrieit,
might find it interesting to rig up ~
Ardois system for night signalling thi
summer at camp.
International Morse may be also sig
nailed bv use of Coston light a red ligh
} indicating a dot and a white a dash
bv rockets. red star indicating do
ana a white star a dash; by smoS
rockets. one indicating a dot and tw
: smoke rockets simultaneously displaye
dash; and by the Very pistol system
which fires shells containing red, whit
and green stars.