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::::::::https://hamradio.solutions/vband/ [[Special:Contributions/2603:6011:9000:186:F80E:8651:6237:A4BE|2603:6011:9000:186:F80E:8651:6237:A4BE]] ([[User talk:2603:6011:9000:186:F80E:8651:6237:A4BE|talk]]) 13:52, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
No matter how great Morse code is in some contexts, prisoners do not seem to have found it to be as convenient or useful as tap code in most cases. For tap code, all you need is your fist and a wall, while for Morse code, you need something else in addition, and that something else could then be taken away by the jailers, or if the something else makes a louder noise than your fist when it hits the wall, then it could cause the jailers to become suspicious, etc. etc... [[User:AnonMoos|AnonMoos]] ([[User talk:AnonMoos|talk]]) 18:48, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
== C/K or I/J? ==
This article says that C and K share a tap code, whereas the linked article for the Polybius square says that I and J share a tap code. Which is correct? [[Special:Contributions/2603:9001:6B00:3337:A97B:3A20:C46F:4E12|2603:9001:6B00:3337:A97B:3A20:C46F:4E12]] ([[User talk:2603:9001:6B00:3337:A97B:3A20:C46F:4E12|talk]]) 04:33, 14 August 2025 (UTC)
:The Polybius square article doesn't seem to give a clear source for I/J, but the PBS source in this one confirms C/K as being in use during the Vietnam war:{{tqb|One of the famous, yet inelegant, usages of the letter "c" for "k" was in the transmission "Joan Baez Succs," which POWs sent around the camp after the American anti-war activist's songs were played over the camp's public address system.}}
:To speculate, I'd guess that both are correct and there's been a historical shift. The letter J [[J#History|started as a variant of I]] in the 16th century, so somebody using a Polybius square closer to that time would have seen it as fairly natural to merge those two letters. To a 1970s Vietnam POW, though, merging the soundalike Cs and Ks would be more intuitive - especially in a context where the message isn't being written down. [[User:Belbury|Belbury]] ([[User talk:Belbury|talk]]) 10:43, 14 August 2025 (UTC)
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