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Has morse code saved any lives recently?
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October 22nd 06, 12:32 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.swap
Slow Code
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Has morse code saved any lives recently?
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Slow Code wrote:
Ian Jackson wrote in
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There was recently a thread here on the subject of whether morse had
saved any lives recently. Well it has in the UK!
Have a look at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/h...re/6070444.stm
"Torch used in Morse code rescue.
Coastguards in Hampshire have rescued a sailor who used his torch to
flash an SOS message in Morse code."
Ian.
Boy, Lenny Anderson is going to be ****ed. That's not the sort
of CW news he likes to hear. Lucky for the sailor there was
still someone out there that knew code.
SC
Is it still Morse Code if the speed is measured in words per hour?
Imagine lighting and extinguishing a torch to send SOS. Bring your
lunch and fire extinguisher.
ROFL! What a dip****.
In the UK, a flashlight is a torch. You're getting to be as bad as Mark
in the Dark. I knew if you two put your cards together you still wouldn't
be playing with a full deck.
SC
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