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Беларуская (тарашкевіца): Параўнаньне вэрсій азбукі Морзэ. Зьлева: азбука Морзэ 1844 року. Пасярэдзіне: варыянт Фрыдрыха Клемэнса Герке. Справа: Сучасны стандарт Міжнароднага зьвязу электрасувязі.
English: Comparison of historical versions of Morse code with the current standard. Original version by Morse (American Morse Code or Railroad Code), version by Gerke (Continental Morse Code) and the ITU standard.

This chart is based on the table in,

  • Anton A. Huurdeman, The worldwide history of telecommunications, p.144, Wiley-IEEE, 2003 ISBN 0471205052.

A number of errors have been corrected. Huurdeman has "P" as . . . . in American Morse (which should be . . . . .) and "Z" as . - - .. in Gerke's code (which should be . — — .., Gerke did not use short dashes). These corrections have been verified correct by consulting

  • R. W. Burns, Communications: an international history of the formative years, p.77, Institution of Electrical Engineers, 2004 ISBN 0863413277.
6 October 2019: A further error corrected is that the original Gerke did not distinguish between "I" and "J". This is how the code is shown in Burns and Gerke's own Der praktische Telegraphist on page 126. There is no entry for "I".
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current11:05, 6 October 2019Thumbnail for version as of 11:05, 6 October 20191,087 × 1,476 (38 KB)SpinningsparkNo substantive change, just applying the same edit to the cleaned up version to reduce size
10:40, 6 October 2019Thumbnail for version as of 10:40, 6 October 20191,086 × 1,476 (394 KB)SpinningsparkThe original Gerke code did not distinguish between I and J
02:06, 1 February 2016Thumbnail for version as of 02:06, 1 February 20161,087 × 1,476 (22 KB)EclecticArkiesvg code reduction
15:20, 1 October 2011Thumbnail for version as of 15:20, 1 October 20111,086 × 1,476 (398 KB)SpinningsparkCorrection to code for "8"
16:43, 12 September 2010Thumbnail for version as of 16:43, 12 September 20101,086 × 1,476 (377 KB)Spinningspark{{Information |Description=Comparison of historical versions of Morse code with the current standard. Original version by Morse (American Morse Code or Railroad Code), version by Gerke (Continental Morse Code)

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