Can you find code these days outside the ham band? Does the U.S. Army
Signal Corps have any use for code in 2006? Is there a wire telegraph
system anywhere in the world which uses some version or other of Morse
Code?
As a matter of fact, you can:
http://www.radio-electronics.com/inf...morse-code.php
"The main area in which Morse is used today is for radio transmissions.
While the requirement for ships at sea to be able to send Morse code
distress signals ended on 31st January 1999, many other still use Morse.
Some ships still use it as a cheaper option than the satellite
communications systems that are in general use now. Also some armed
forces still use it as a last ditch form of communications."

http://www.astrosol.ch/networksofthe...rks/index.html

http://www.recruiting.forces.gc.ca/v...?id=277&bhcp=1
"Communicate inter-ship by ship/shore radio teletype, ship/shore
satellite, voice and radio teletype, video conferencing, chat,
facsimile, email, tactical international and administrative voice radio,
flashing light (Morse code), flag signalling and semaphore"

http://www.navy.forces.gc.ca/marpac/...s_e.asp?id=240
"* Integral units include:all Canadian warships stationed on the West
Coast; one of the Navy's three Fleet Schools, where sailors learn about
everything from Morse code to high-tech weapon systems; the Naval
Officer Training Centre, known as "Venture," where all naval officers
receive their initial training; and the west coast Fleet Diving Unit,
which, along with a range of services to the Fleet, provides explosives
disposal and diving services to local police forces."

http://www.goarmy.com/JobDetail.do?id=174
"TRAINING

Job training for a Signals Intelligence Analyst requires 9 weeks of
Basic Training, where you learn basic Soldiering skills. Then you will
attend Advanced Individual Training that consists of 18 weeks of
classroom training, including practice in operating radio equipment.
Some of the skills you'll learn a

* Use of specialized radio receivers
* Security operations
* Morse code
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"RADIOMAN (RM)

School Code No. 30

SELECTION QUALIFICATIONS

MINIMUM TEST SCORES: GCT 50; SPELL 50; CLER 50; RADIO* 55.

PHYSICAL: Hearing in each ear must be 15/15 by whispered voice. Ears
free from disease. Manual dexterity.

PERSONAL: No older than 28, unless experienced in code reception.

MISCELLANEOUS: Hobby as "Ham Operator," if code work included. Knowledge
of typing desirable. H.S. experience desirable.

JOB DESCRIPTION

DUTIES: Sends and receives encrypted (codes and ciphers) and
plain-language messages by radio. Receives messages in Morse code
through earphones and records them by typewriter. Transmits with a
telegraph key or microphone. May be required to make simple emergency
repairs to receivers and transmitters. Must be familiar with the parts
of Naval messages, including abbreviations and shortcuts (prosines,
etc.); keeps a radio log. Stands watch in radio "shack".

EQUIPMENT USED: Radio telegraph, radio telephone, direction finder,
typewriter. Radio repair tools, electrician's tools, testing meters.

TYPES OF BILLETS: All ships; radio stations ashore.
I could easily find many many more