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Jeremiah Denton

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Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. was an American politician and military officer who served as a U.S. Senator representing Alabama from 1981 to 1987. He was the first Republican to be popularly elected to a Senate seat in Alabama. Denton was previously a United States Navy rear admiral and naval aviator taken captive during the Vietnam War.

Denton in 1983

Denton as a midshipman in the United States Naval Academy

Denton while in the U.S. Navy

Denton with his A-6 Intruder onboard USS Independence (CV-62)

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Morse code is a method used in telecommunication to encode text characters as standardized sequences of two different signal durations, called dots and dashes, or dits and dahs. Morse code is named after Samuel Morse, one of the early developers of the system adopted for electrical telegraphy.

This Morse key was originally used by Gotthard railway, later by a shortwave radio amateur

Single needle telegraph instrument

Telegraph key and sounder. The signal is "on" when the knob is pressed, and "off" when it is released. Length and timing of the dits and dahs are entirely controlled by the telegraphist.

Morse code receiver that records on paper tape