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World Service,09 Mar 1989,8 mins

Is this the end of Morse's dots and dashes?

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Ship at sea will soon stop using Morse code. So, is there a future for the 152-year-old system of dots and dashes? Plus, how BBC short wave frequencies will continue to be set high for the time being because of the sudden ionospheric disturbances (SIDs) on the sun's surface.

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