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Tonight's Jericho: Morse Code message?
Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:10:16 GMT
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Mike Allegretto...
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Did anyone here who knows morse code translate the message over the
ham? if so can you post what it said?
Steven L....
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All you have to do is write it down--dots and dashes--and then you can
translate it online yourself:
But even without having done so, it's likely that the message was a list
of the cities that needed push-pins.
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God i love this show.
Mike Allegretto...
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Still would like a translation of the message from the show. mebbe the
creators put an "easter egg" into it for clever fans.
ravenlynne...
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Lee K. Gleason...
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No problem - as a licensed amateur radio operator, I managed to read the
morse code as it went by. It was funny, though, it didn't have anything to
do with the cities and the push pins - don't know what that was all about.
All it was, was some numbers, over and over - 4 8 15 16 23 42. What's up
with that?
Mike Allegretto...
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Yup if you arent pulling our leg then its a nod to the tv show LOST.
HEY! Mebbe Jericho is a secret spin-off of Lost!
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weberm...
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I hate this show -- too many lame cliches.
Jason Maxwell...
Allen W. McDonnell...
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In rank of size Denver is 25, Philedephia is 5, Chicago is 3, Atlanta is 35,
San Diego is 8.
Using slightly different standards of counting for size you could easily get
Chicago-4, Philadelphia-8, San Diego-15???, Denver-23, Atlanta-42??
Washington D.C is 27 and 15-16 are Columbus OH and Austin TX on the list.
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Deke...
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BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Good one!
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Ubiquitous...
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That's nice, but this show still has too many lame cliches.
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ravenlynne...
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Then why watch it?
Ubiquitous...
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I am hoping the writers get their act together, but it appears
unlikely at this point.
Ar Q...
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I think writers are doing a fantastic job. They give everyone a little
something. It is the only way a Sci Fi series on network TV can survive. A
straight line like "Threshold" did will only lead to the cancellation.
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Brian Thorn...
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I like it. Definitely setting a Season Pass in TiVo for it now.
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Deke...
Mike Allegretto...
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Another mystery to consider is why was there only ONE transmitter
detected? What happened to all the other small time oeprators out
Rob Jensen...
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Jericho is a small town.
Patty Winter (patty1...
Mike Allegretto...
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It could also have been some kind of CIA code talk.
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Dunno what Jericho's size would have to do with the number of
transmitters detected. You are talking about the scene with
the ham radio, right? The guy was listening to shortwave, so
he was able to hear signals hundreds or thousands of miles
(depending on propagation conditions at that time) from Jericho.
The size of the town isn't relevant in that case.
Also, he heard way more than one transmitter. He dialed past
several other signals before landing on the one he copied the
information from. I don't know whether the other signals are
relevant to the plot of the series or were just thrown in for
atmosphere, but they were there.
Jon Purkey...
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I'm just surprised there was only one shrotwave radio/receiver in the
town. I would assume a lot of people would have one (I do.. it goes
from 00150 to 30000) even if they don't listen to them I often (I
don't.).
Even an AM radio would allow you to hear some distant signals, at
least at night. Broadcasting on an AM frequency would be the best way
for someone to reach the widest audience and it's not like the FCC
would still be around to police it. Though I'm not sure what the after
effects of a nuclear war would do to reception?
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Rob Jensen...
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They're out there. It's an open plot thread as shown *by Hawkins
getting a morse code message.* If there's one, there's *more* than
one.
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there? Why not a single search and rescue aircraft? No one one fleeing
the denver suburbs or the highways?
Deke...
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What Rob said, plus he seemed to be deliberately looking for a specific
frequency, using morse code.
As for the lack of other signals, no electricity, have to be battery or
generator only.
I wish I hadnt deleted it from my DVR now.....
(Go Bears!)
Deke
(Who is close to Springfield, MO)
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Rob Jensen...
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Happened without warning, duh. Jericho is not just a small town, it's
out in the middle of nowhere, two hours away from Denver, probably a
half-hour or hour away from any other towns. I live in a small town
about a half an hour away from Jefferson City, MO (the state capital)
and I certainly wouldn't expect to see any rescue aircraft from St.
Louis, KC or Springfield (the three largest cities in MO) in such a
situation as the cities would be, like, nuclear-fused glass, y'know.
Any rescue aircraft would have to come from smaller towns survivable
distances from Ground Zero, such as Jericho on the show or smaller
cities that wouldn't be near the blast such as Columbia, MO, a college
town (Go Mizzou Tigers!) with a population of 50K or so that's an
hour-long drive from my small town.
Also note: search and rescue aircraft might be inoperable due to the
EMP from the blast in the short term, depending on how close they were
to any given ground zero. Also, gas is going to be at a premium for
the time being, so, the smaller towns are going to be left to fend for
themselves until the small towns find the surviving big cities. Also,
given the rain situation and other factors, in the short term, you
really don't want your surviving pilots getting accidentally caught in
any radiation-filled storms, etc., especially if the rescue aircraft
is a bubble-top helicopter or other less-than-airtight aircraft.
-- Rob
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Barry Margolin...
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I thought ham radio was the expected emergency communication medium in
situations like this. Or are they effectively the same thing?
Tony Calguire...
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Yes. Amateur radio operators utilizing Morse code on the shortwave bands.
Actually, in an emergency situation like this, there would be a lot more
than just Morse... there would be voice communication, hams relaying
third-party communications and facilitating "phone patches", and even
digital "packet radio" for a crude radio-relayed Internet.
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