[AGCW] Why navy sees Morse Code as the future of communication

[Juergen Wagner]

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  Why navy sees Morse Code as the future of communication

Engineering reports that for centuries, mariners around the globe have 
used lamps and shutters to beam messages via Morse code from ship to 
ship. But today, Morse code isn’t being learned by every sailor, even 
though lamp light communication is still being used

So, how we reconcile these two facts? Well, if you’re the U.S. Navy you 
update your lamp light communication systems to encode the modern form 
of Morse code: texting.

In a test recent carried out aboard the USS Stout, the U.S. Navy used a 
new mechanism it calls the Flashing Light to Text Converter (FLTC) 
system. During the test, sailors aboard the Stout fired off text 
messages and the FLTC converted them to their Morse code lamp light 
signals which were interpreted by the USS Monterey, moored at a dock in 
Norfolk, Virginia.

"The best part of this flashing light converter is how easy it is for 
sailors to use," said Scott Lowery, a Naval Surface Warfare Center 
engineer. "It's very intuitive because it mirrors the messaging systems 
used on iPhones. You just type your message and send it with the push of 
a button."

Read the full Engineering story at
http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/
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