Hi Ward!

Wednesday May 10 2006, Ward Dossche wrote to Vladimir Donskoy:

 >> But these signals transmit on Morse code - so, this code _is_ using now.

 WD> The same as the signals from lighthouses along coasts are also
 WD> Morse-identifiers.

Yes.

 WD> But who is still using them in times of satellite navigation and beacons
 WD> dependant of a carrier-signal on a particular frequency rather than a
 WD> morse-signal which may/will be distorted?

Who have no money for GPS-receiver :-) .

 WD> I've had plenty rides in cockpits of commercial airliners and Morse in not
 WD> a single instant was an element of flight-progression.

Of course. But in trouble situation... For transmit Morse signals need very
low power (electrical) then radio-phone, so - as reserving (backup) path it
is necessary knowledge.

Regards, Vladimir Donskoy

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