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Description

To practice traditional Guiding skills – one of 5 options required to complete the Guiding Traditions badge.

Resources

Print out of attached Semaphore and Morse Code
Flags

Instructions

Used during the 2020 lockdown, a semaphore legend and the Morse code activity were sent to Guides on An Post freepost cards.
 Guides had to translate the paragraph of Morse code and figure out how to signal their name.
 Guides had to translate a semaphore message sent to them via Zoom and send a short message back.
Semaphore flag signals are a method of visual signalling developed in revolutionary France in 1794 – using flags or lights.
Semaphore signalling from high towers was used to transmit messages between distant points. It was often used in maritime industry and is still an accepted form of communication, using flags during the day and torches at night.
Morse Code was created by Samuel Morse in 1828 in America. Telegraph messages were sent by tapping out the code for each letter in the form of long and short signals. Short signals are referred to as dits (represented as dots). Long signals are referred to as dahs (represented as dashes). The code was converted into electrical impulses and sent over telegraph wires. A telegraph receiver on the other end of the wire converted the impulses back into to dots and dashes, and decoded the message.

Tags

• Guiding Traditions
• morse code
• semaphore
• Zoom

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