{"id":41140,"date":"2019-12-11T08:08:26","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T12:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=41140"},"modified":"2019-12-11T08:11:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T12:11:24","slug":"cold-war-sports-high-speed-telegraphy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/cold-war-sports-high-speed-telegraphy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold War Sports: High-Speed Telegraphy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post<\/em>\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Paul Evans<\/a>, who shares the following short radio documentary from the BBC World Service:<\/p>\n

The end of the Cold War in 1989 spelt the demise of a little-known, but surprisingly popular sport behind the Iron Curtain \u2013 high-speed telegraphy competitions. With the help of two of Czechoslovakia\u2019s best former Morse-coders, we revisit the inaugural World Championship in Moscow in 1983 when the Soviet Union rolled out the red carpet for teams from across the Communist bloc. Ashley Byrne reports. The programme is a Made-In-Manchester Production.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/sportingwitness20191205thecoldwarsstrangestsport\/SportingWitness-20191205-TheColdWarsStrangestSport.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here to listen to this program via the BBC.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

As Paul points out, “HST is still going strong as a sport!” Indeed it is because CW is simply timeless! Thanks for the tip, Paul!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Paul Evans, who shares the following short radio documentary from the BBC World Service: The end of the Cold War in 1989 spelt the demise of a little-known, but surprisingly popular sport behind the Iron Curtain \u2013 high-speed telegraphy competitions. With the help of two of Czechoslovakia\u2019s best former Morse-coders, we revisit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305],"tags":[752,8186,8185,7864],"class_list":["post-41140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","tag-cold-war","tag-high-speed-telegraphy","tag-hst","tag-paul-evans-w4-vp9kf"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-aHy","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42788,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/radio-waves-dave-moves-ic-705-delay-high-speed-telegraphy-meet-and-wwi-biplane-wireless\/","url_meta":{"origin":41140,"position":0},"title":"Radio Waves: Dave Moves, IC-705 delay, High Speed Telegraphy Meet, and WWI Biplane Wireless","author":"Thomas","date":"April 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Radio Waves:\u00a0 Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Because I keep my ear to the waves, as well as receive many tips from others who do the same, I find myself privy to radio-related stories that might interest\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0readers.\u00a0 To that end:\u00a0Welcome to the\u00a0SWLing Post\u2019s Radio Waves, a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Ham Radio"","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Mission-RGO-One-Paddle-Mic-Transceiver.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Mission-RGO-One-Paddle-Mic-Transceiver.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Mission-RGO-One-Paddle-Mic-Transceiver.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Mission-RGO-One-Paddle-Mic-Transceiver.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":37952,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/lavina-shaw-history-of-a-canadian-railway-brass-pounder\/","url_meta":{"origin":41140,"position":1},"title":"Lavina Shaw: History of a Canadian railway brass pounder","author":"Thomas","date":"May 26, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Eric McFadden (WD8RIF) who shares the following post by James Wade (WB8SIW) from the QRZ.com forums: The CBC recently interviewed Lavina Shaw, Past International President of the Morse Telegraph Club. 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