Tony, Fernando, Mike 1. Morse code is still doing fine. My friends yachtsmen who really know how to use have an edge over guys like me, barely knowing how to read simple signals. The amount of information they are able to find using Morse is incredible.
Morse code adavantages are many. It may be transmitted using anything like flash light, human arms, whistles, not to mention radio. Radio tansmissions are very robust because of the simplicity of modulation involved. So its tange is at least few times of voice transmissions using same power. Morse code actually is digital transmission. 2. My gripe to Yvon, meant partle as a joke, about pages in French started the discussion about languages which I watched with pleasure as usual. I was not involved emotionally because Polish does not have any chance to become universal language. As a final remark I may say that few centuries ago, when Latin was universal language of science and not only, animosities did not occur. Latin was no longer live so did not hurt anyone's national feelings. And it carried memories of the greatness of Rome. Slawek At 07:54 AM 4/8/99 +0100, you wrote: >Mike Koblic wrote: > >>Too late, Fernando! Morse code has gone the way of the sextant. > >As for morse code going out of use? - commercially perhaps but try >switching on any communications receiver, spinning the dial and twiddling >the BFO. There'll certainly be enough to keep Fernando amused until well >into the next millennium. > >Tony Moss Slawek Grzechnik 32 57.4'N 117 08.8'W http://home.san.rr.com/slawek
