Codebreaker Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 8/26/2007
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

THE ABOVE COORDINATES ARE FALSE, YOU WILL NEED TO DECIPHER THE CODE TO LOCATE THE CACHE! ....- ----- / ----- ....- .-.-.- --... ----. ...-- -. /----- --... -.... / .---- ----. .-.-.- ....- --... ----- .--

Cache is located in a Manheim Township Park, Lancaster County, PA. Park hours 07:00AM to 10:00PM. Morse code is a messaging system which uses two kinds of signal, a short one called a dot, and a long one called a dash. The signals are sent via telegraphs. A transmitter sends a coded message in long and short bursts of radio waves along a wire; the receiver then translates the dots and dashes into their representative letters, numbers and words. Samuel Morse (1791 – 1872) was an American engineer who developed this system. He conceived the idea of some sort of communication via telegraph in 1832. After several years of work on the idea, Morse perfected it in 1838. However, at the time, telegraph lines did not exist across land, so there was no way Morse could put his code to use on a practical scale. It was 1843 before the US government allocated a sum of money to construct telegraph line between Washington and Baltimore. Morse sent the first Morse Code message along the lines in 1844. Fact File: Morse code was used a lot during World War I because it was a quick and easy way of sending messages. Probably the most famous signal was SOS which actually stood for “Save our Souls”.

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