Morse Code Cache! Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

New York Admin: I regret to report that the cache owner has not responded to the prior note about this disabled cache. I'm archiving it opening the area up to others.

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Hidden : 3/7/2005
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This is a dedication to a "dead language". Going to the above coordinates WILL NOT get you to the cache =) The coordinates are encoded in morse code. This is a great way to teach your children about how people used to communicate, and it gives them something to do on the way to the cache. Get a copy of the Morse Code Alphabet before you go! =)

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, (1791-1872), was a famous American inventor and painter. Morse graduated from Yale in 1810 and went on to study painting in England. In 1815, he took up portrait painting and was quite successful in this field. Morse helped to found the National Academy of Design and served as its first president.

In 1827, Morse became interested in electricity. In 1832, he began a 12-year period perfecting his version of an electric telegraph, for which he subsequently received the first patent for this type of device.

In 1844, Morse demonstrated to Congress the practicality of the telegraph by transmitting the famous message "What hath God wrought" over a wire from Washington to Baltimore. He later experimented with submarine cable telegraphy.

The telegraph was the first device to send messages using electricity. Telegraph messages were sent by tapping out a special code for each letter of the message with a telegraph key. The telegraph changed the dots and dashes of this code into electrical impulses and transmitted them over telegraph wires. A telegraph receiver on the other end of the wire converted the electrical impulses to dots and dashes on a paper tape. Later, this code became universal and is now known as Morse Code. (visit link)

YoshiLMT leaves you the following message... in code!!!

- .... . / -.-. .- -.-. .... . / .. ... / .-.. --- -.-. .- - . -.. / ... --- -- . .-- .... . .-. . / .- .-. --- ..- -. -.. / - .... . / .-.. --- -.-. .- - .. --- -. / --- ..-. / -- -.-- / --- .-. .. --. .. -. .- .-.. / -.-. .- -.-. .... . .-.-.- / - .... .- - / --- -. . / .-- .- ... / . -. - .. - .-.. . -.. / ..- .--. / .- -. -.. / - --- / - .... . / .-.. . ..-. - .-.-.- / - .... .. ... / --- -. . / .. ... / .-.. --- -.-. .- - . -.. / .- - / -. --- .-. - .... / ....- ----- / .-.-.- / ....- ----- / .-.-.- / ----- .---- ..--- / .- -. -.. / .-- . ... - / ----- --... ...-- / .-.-.- / ...-- .---- / .-.-.- / ----- --... ..--- / .-.-.- / .... --- .--. . / - .... . / - .-. .- -. ... .-.. .- - .. --- -. / -.. .. -.. / -. --- - / - .- -.- . / - --- --- / .-.. --- -. --. .-.-.- / .... .- ...- . / ..-. ..- -. / -.-. .- -.-. .... .. -. --.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Svaq n zbefr pbqr genafyngbe bayvar =) Ubcrshyyl lbh xarj zbefr pbqr orsber gnxvat guvf gevc =)

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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