Subj : Re: Morse Code
To   : Al Kaiser
From : Tom Walker
Date : Tue Sep 05 2000 12:11 am

AK> Which brings me to a natural question.  Since doing away with morse
AK> code as a communiction method, what happened to communication between
AK> war ships by flashing light?  I would imagine that semaphore by flag
AK> is still in use, but in Radioman school we learned that communication
AK> by light was one of the most secure means of communication since it
AK> was limited by visible line of sight only, (next to semaphore), which
AK> had a shorter range of visibility.

 Interesting question. Do they still teach Code in the Navy Signalmans
school???  Any Active Duty Navy out there reading this???

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