The Baltimore Sun

Morse code fading into history; Wireless: For a century, Samuel Morse’s dots and dashes were the communications lifeline of ships at sea.

When the S.S. Vestris foundered off the Virginia Capes in 1928 with the loss of 110 lives, it wasn’t for lack of a telegraph officer urgently tapping out Morse code. But the SOS came too late — by six ...
MassLive

It's SOS time for Morse code

SPRINGFIELD - It is perhaps the most readily recognizable Morse code message. Dot-dot-dot, dash-dash-dash, dot-dot-dot. The three dots, dashes and dots mean SOS, or send help. But Samuel F.B. Morse's ...
Duluth News Tribune

Morse code defenders send SOS

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 ...
TwinCities.com

Morse Code enthusiasts in distress

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 ...
The Baltimore Sun

Dot and dash no more for ships on the seas Coast Guard ended an era by wishing its Morse code users 73, code for ‘best regards.’

As the Titanic gulped sea water on that awful night in April 1912, radio operator Jack Phillips was at his station, pounding out an SOS on the ship’s radiotelegraph key in Morse code. Eighty-three ...
CNET

Morse Code: A fading signal

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 ...