Another British morse code in music story: in the title theme of the 1980s sitcom "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em", the rhythm of the notes is a deliberate morse code which spells out the title of the show.
What the Wikipedia page doesn't mention this, but I read long ago that the composer of the tune received only a small one-time payment for it and no royalties, despite the popularity of the show.
The article is about a studio device unintentionally picking up Morse code during recording. But that's not the only intersection between Mike Oldfield and Morse code. Oldfield also deliberately (and quite obviously, if you're listening for it) inserted into one of his later albums: a not-so-nice Morse code message[1] to Virgin Records founder Richard Branson, with whom he was at the time fighting over how he was being treated by the label and lack of promotion. At around the 48 minute mark of Amarok, you can hear a synthesizer loudly tap out "F U C K O F F R B" in the recording.
Yep. I've seen it used in place of 'CQ' when testing propagation conditions to avoid other stations coming back and attempting a contact. It always reminds me of the Doctor Who theme: ...- ...- ...-
> The decoded morse is actually slightly wrong – rather than ‘MVV’ at the start it should be ‘VVV’ but that’s down to FLDigi not being 100% accurate. Anyone who knows morse can confirm what you actually hear is ‘VVV GBR’.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0d/Mike_oldfield...
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