"K4YZ" wrote in message
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Didn't Hans put that well into the 70's for the Navy?


No, Hans didn't.

The last significant use of Morse in the Navy was in the late 50's/early 60's.
This usage was by small-boys, DD and smaller, on "fox" broadcasts and "A1"
ship/shore circuits.

Both uses ended with fleetwide deployment of Jason and Orestes circuits in the
early 60's. Morse training for general duty Navy RM's ceased at the same time,
and Morse operator became a specialized NEC (MOS to you grunts) held by only a
few sailors, mostly in SPECOM branches (intercept operators, etc.).

The single operational Morse use which survived was the VLF SSBN transmissions
(two transmitters, one Cutler, ME and the other at Jim Creek, WA). That was a
simple slow-speed beaconing system which notified boomers to pop up their
satcomm antennas for the actual communications.

73, de Hans, K0HB
Master Chief Radioman, US Navy