[Elecraft] O.T. Morse is not dead, at least in the U.S. Navy

Fred Jensen k6dgw at foothill.net
Sun Nov 19 16:32:04 EST 2017


True ... however "someone" must be using Morse or there wouldn't be any 
communications to intercept. [:-)  Maybe the US Navy is intercepting 
us?  There was a recent URL posted involving using the venerable signal 
lamps for high speed communications between ships.  I don't think it was 
Morse however.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 11/19/2017 1:24 AM, Richard Lamont wrote:
> On 18/11/17 03:45, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
>
>> http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=92864
> The people being trained by the US Navy to read Morse are intercept
> operators.
>
> "Morse code is just one tool that cryptologic technician (collection)
> Sailors use as members of the Navy's Information Warfare community to
> perform collection, analysis and reporting on communication signals."
>
> There's nothing in this press release to suggest that the US Navy is
> reverting to Morse for two-way communication.
>
> 73,
> Richard G4DYA
>



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