Thanks Paul for that great bit of info. Would you mind if I reposted it to the Discord whete it was first mentioned. If so, do you want me to delete your name or can i attribute it to you? Wayne
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 14, 2026, at 13:08, Paul Koning via cctalk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> On Jan 14, 2026, at 3:04 PM, David Wade via cctalk <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On 14/01/2026 18:56, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: >>> >>> ...By "telegrams" did you mean Wheatstone tape, i.e., two rows to encode >>> Morse? I've only seen that in ads for McElroy/Creed punched paper Morse >>> code machines (e.g, in the 1954 ARRL Amateur Radio Handbook). >> In the UK telegrams and I assume from this listing:- >> >> https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/192535576139 >> >> were printed on gummed tape that was stuck onto a card for delivery..... > > I forgot about that stuff. The Wheatstone tape I mentioned is this: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheatstone_system > > paul >
