[CW] The "slap slap" of Morse lamps

[Ron Youvan]

   Stan Barr wrote:

> On 19/03/12 22:14, Radio K0HB wrote:
>> by Bob ‘Dex’ Armstrong

>> I saw a piece in a popular magazine awhile ago. It said that the
>> United States Coast Guard had ceased to teach Morse Code. With all the
>> super techno whizbang communication equipment around these days, I
>> guess ‘dits’ and ‘dahs’ are looked upon as primitive communication.

> The UK Royal Navy ceased Morse for radio in 1996, but retained it for
> flashing, and last time I asked (about a year ago) they still do.
> However I note the new Type 45 destroyer just coming into service
> does not have any permanent signal lights.

> Its big advantage is that the enemy can't listen in, unlike radio.

   That same advantage applies to infra red signaling which cam be ASCI data or digitized (both can 
be encrypted) voice data.

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    73 Ron KA4INM - All E-mail sent to this address shall linger in the Google cloud forever!