The first message sent by Morse code's dots and dashes across a long distance traveled from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore on Friday, May 24, 1844-175 years ago. It signaled the first time in human ...

Morse code is a communication system developed by Samuel Morse, an American inventor, in the late 1830s. The code uses a combination of short and long pulses – dots and dashes, respectively – that ...

Then-Cmdr. Jeremiah Denton was interviewed by a Japanese television reporter on May 2, 1966, as part of a propaganda campaign orchestrated by the North Vietnamese. During the interview, he blinked ...

The Titanic famously (or infamously) used Morse code to call out in distress at the end of its final voyage. Ships at sea and the land-based stations that supported them used Morse code for decades, ...

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 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Column 8 thought Morse Code would be a one-and-done subject, but no. A lesson to never underestimate our readers and their delight in ...