Coin wrap

[Darren8306]

I found a nifty old coin for morse code on the temu site, and grabbed some, mostly because of how I learned something.

In movies, I've seen actors send and receive messages over telegraph or other morse codes, but never saw how they did it. Turns out it is the opposite of magic.

With this coin (other side has the sending info) and knowing how the code works, this will allow even a novice to decode a message. The code not only works, but is WAY easier to teach/share than I thought.

I made a few wraps for them, and will be gifting them to a couple radio nerd friends. I kind of doubt it is an item that would sell well, but I'm still going to have a few made up just in case. They look, and ARE cool.

By the way, feel free to offer critique. Especially if it is related to radio, since I'm not very deep into that hobby.

[dikman]

Well, that's different, and looks pretty neat. One potential problem you will have is the snap-down strap is stitched across and because the strap will have to be bent at a sharp angle to remove/insert the coin it will eventually tear at the "hinge point".

[chuck123wapati]

That is cool indeed !!

[Darren8306]

1 hour ago, dikman said:

Well, that's different, and looks pretty neat. One potential problem you will have is the snap-down strap is stitched across and because the strap will have to be bent at a sharp angle to remove/insert the coin it will eventually tear at the "hinge point".

I expected that, but didn't know how to approach it better, with the hardware I had around.

Honestly, this is more 'nifty' than useful. I doubt anyone will need to pull out their morse decoder very often, though I would like to know how you would have laid it out, to avoid that problem. It does feel a bit vulnerable there, even with the 5-6oz leather.

5 minutes ago, chuck123wapati said:

That is cool indeed !!

Thanks both of you. Now, if only there was a herd of aged morse-nerds with heaps of disposable income...hmmm...;)

[fredk]

2 hours ago, Darren8306 said:

I expected that, but didn't know how to approach it better, with the hardware I had around.

Honestly, this is more 'nifty' than useful. I doubt anyone will need to pull out their morse decoder very often, though I would like to know how you would have laid it out, to avoid that problem.  . . . 

A small ready-rivet would do. I use one on my little key-ring coin purses. They have a similar way of opening

Loverly job. A late friend of mine would have liked these. She was a radio-ham and in noisy places we used to communicate with code in morse