Morse Code will soon be dropped as a requirement for amateur radio operators, a change that has stirred up passions among many hams, as radio amateurs are called. On Friday, the Federal Communications ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD - It is perhaps the most readily recognizable Morse code message. Dot-dot-dot, dash-dash-dash, dot-dot-dot. The three dots, dashes and dots mean SOS, or send help. But Samuel F.B. Morse's ...

A century-old hobby filled with dots and dashes is embroiled in a debate about its future and what level of training should be expected of those called on to help during local and national emergencies ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The BBC News Magazine has an interesting look at changes in distress communications in the ...

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 ...

When the S.S. Vestris foundered off the Virginia Capes in 1928 with the loss of 110 lives, it wasn’t for lack of a telegraph officer urgently tapping out Morse code. But the SOS came too late — by six ...

From the inception of this newsletter, we’ve maintained a dedication to covering a wide range of convergence topics in the broader sense – not just as euphemism for VoIP. And a couple of weeks ago, we ...

Videos on social media show Canadians reportedly standing at the United States-Canada border while holding an upside-down Canadian flag and using lights to Morse code “SOS” in response to the ...

I recently went hands-on with some of the latest gaming hardware from BenQ at a festive preview event in London, England. Situated in the basement of an Art Deco hotel in the city’s historic Soho area ...

Technically “SOS,” doesn’t officially stand for any of these phrases. It’s the international abbreviation for distress—not to be confused with an acronym (see acronym vs. abbreviation for the ...