Subj : Morse test, to be or not to be?
To   : Michiel Van Der Vlist
From : Richard Town
Date : Thu Jun 28 2001 04:46 am

 -=> Quoting Michiel van der Vlist to Steve Bainbridge <=-

 MvdV> Note that the above is in the past tense. All other services have
 MvdV> stopped using morse. The military, aviation and marine services, none
 MvdV> of them uses morse any more.

MIL still teaches morse as a backup.  I'm (painfully) reminded of the call
made on reservists during the Gulf war.  And the use of INMARSAT (funded
via taxes for the "peaceful exploitation of space") by Argentinian forces
for logistic support during their occupation of the Falkland Islands

Richard


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