Subj : Morse Code
To   : AL KAISER
From : STAN PHILLIPS
Date : Mon Sep 04 2000 04:18 pm

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AK> From Fludic Space STAN PHILLIPS reports:
AK> 
AK>  SP> Code is often sent by a light source. (including flashlights)
AK> 
AK> Which brings me to a natural question.  Since doing away with morse
AK> code as a communiction method, what happened to communication between
AK> war ships by flashing light?  I would imagine that semaphore by flag
AK> is still in use, but in Radioman school we learned that communication
AK> by light was one of the most secure means of communication since it
AK> was limited by visible line of sight only, (next to semaphore), which
AK> had a shorter range of visibility.


Morse code has NOT been 'done away with'.  It is the use of code on
the emergency radio transmitters on frequencies monitored by the
coast guards.  The best known frequency is 500 Khz.
The use of Satellite's for emergency allows even a life jacket
transmitter to send a MAYDAY (SOS) and if fitted with a GPS, even
give the co-ordinates. A much better system.

73  Stan

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