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

[Doug Smith]

Yes, it is morse code although the protocol is very different.  

For example, to call a distant (unknown) ship you point your big light at them and send AA.  The proper response is a loooong T.  There’s a book carried aboard all ships that documents the protocols.  I have a copy here somewhere..

But it was NOT what you’d call high speed so Skip might have been referring to something else entirely.

And, yes, I have done ship to ship comms using signal lights.  It was in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf during Desert Storm.  Didn’t use them at all during OIF-I or OIF-II (2003, 2004).

(If interested further please contact me off-list.  I don’t want to prolong a marginally off-topic thread here..)

73,
Doug, W7KF
http://www.w7kf.com <http://www.w7kf.com/>


> On Nov 19, 2017, at 7:48 PM, dyarnes <w7aqk at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> Fred and All,
> 
> I think Morse is exactly what they are using with the signal lamps.  The article I read about this confirmed that.
> 
> Dave W7AQK