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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...