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

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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project