Last Saturday, more than 150 listeners across the U.S., Italy, France and Japan huddled by their radios to decipher a series of Morse Code transmitted by the Maritime Radio Historical Society. MRHS ...

It may be the ultimate SOS--Morse Code is in distress. The language of dots and dashes has been the lingua franca of amateur radio, a vibrant community of technology buffs and hobbyists who have ...

“Calling all. This is our last cry before our eternal silence.” With that, in January 1997, the French coast guard transmitted its final message in Morse code. Ships in distress had radioed out dits ...

It may be an antiquated form of communication, but many Australians from all walks of life are helping to keep Morse code alive. Leo Nette calls himself a proud "Morsecodian" and has been a long-time ...

Just over three years ago, the Federal Communications Commission ignited a firestorm in the amateur radio community by proposing to eliminate Morse Code as a requirement for ham radio operators ...

Long before pixels and cell towers, there were dots and dashes. Morse Code was the complicated mainstay communication of choice practically from the day Samuel Morse started clicking his prized ...

The FCC Dec. 15 dropped a rule that had required amateur radio operators to pass an exam demonstrating a five-word-per-minute proficiency in Morse code to qualify for a General or Amateur Extra ...

Despite the fact that it's been proven more than once that there are lots of folks who are well-versed in Morse code, it appears that the SMS of the 19th century has become a thing of the past. The ...