Morse code: Ready to transmit

莫尔斯电码:准备传输

The Documentary Podcast

社会与文化

2024-12-08

26 分钟
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The World Morse Code championships are fiendishly competitive. Contestants from many countries travel to Tunisia, where they face each other across tiny tapping machines in a competition hall silent but for the clicking. It is called High Speed Telegraphy - the skill and art of sending and receiving fast and accurately. The best practice three or four hours a day. Belarusians win almost every time, with stiff competition from Russia and Romania. But maybe this year it will be the Japanese or Kuwaiti competitors.

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  • This is the documentary.

  • I'm Stephen Coates and we're in Tunisia for a most unusual competition, the High Speed Telegraphy World Championship, or transmitting and receiving Morse code.

  • So I'm standing on a mosaic floor, the vast circle, and it's in the lobby of this hotel, which is like a labyrinth.

  • And in some of the rooms on various levels are teams from around the world have gathered here today.

  • And some of them are already fiendishly practicing and setting up their equipment.

  • My name is Ashraf Shabel.

  • We are here for worldwide high speed telegraphy competition.

  • First time in Africa and first time in Arab country.

  • We are in Hammamet city in the northern part of Tunisia, a bit south of capital, Tunis.

  • Ashraf has been working night and day to organize this unusual competition.

  • We're super excited about having the people here, Most of the people.

  • It's their first time in Tunisia, even the first time in Africa as well.

  • We don't sleep because of the excitement.

  • Before, it was like months away, then weeks, and then few days to few hours away.

  • And now we are here and receiving competitors and visitors from worldwide.

  • This is the first time I've been to a Morse code competition.