Another era has passed. The Federal Communication Commission's rule that ham radio operators know Morse code has gone the way of the Pony Express, and rotary telephones. After more than 100 years, the ...

Amateur radio operators, the last bastion of the dot-dot-dash, have long been required to pass a Morse code test to earn a license from the U.S. government. After years of fielding complaints from a ...

A character code invented by Samuel Morse that is represented by the duration of a single tone. Written as dots, dashes and spaces, the first Morse code message was sent in 1844 over a newly ...

Why does the landscape remain lit 30 to 45 minutes after the sun has set? Harriett Drake, Fayetteville, Georgia What you’re seeing then is twilight. From wherever you’re standing, shortly after sunset ...

On July 4, hours before fireworks filled the night sky over the USS Kidd, there were quieter sounds that would have been familiar to those who served aboard the old Navy destroyer. Morse code.