A century-old hobby filled with dots and dashes is embroiled in a debate about its future and what level of training should be expected of those called on to help during local and national emergencies ...
Morse code, the language of the telegraph, is a system of communication that's composed of combinations of short and long tones that represent the letters of the alphabet. The tones are sometimes ...
It may be the ultimate SOS--Morse Code is in distress. The language of dots and dashes has been the lingua franca of amateur radio, a vibrant community of technology buffs and hobbyists who have ...
When the S.S. Vestris foundered off the Virginia Capes in 1928 with the loss of 110 lives, it wasn’t for lack of a telegraph officer urgently tapping out Morse code. But the SOS came too late — by six ...