[lug] The "cw" program doesn't work well with pulseaudio on Mint 19.3

[Bucky Carr]

Morse is still used a fair amount, actually. Most ham radio repeaters 
ID themselves in Morse. VORs and TACANs ID themselves with Morse. I 
think airport localizers still ID themselves with Morse.

Some common household devices use Morse code to signal their distress 
- my water detectors signal SOS (at 120 dB!) when they detect water or 
when the battery needs changing.

In the movies, the jailhouse mode of communications seemed to be by 
Morse code.

Still find a fair amount of Morse being used in the CW/Data portion of 
the Amateur Radio bands. I would say that Morse code is simpler to 
implement than most of the newer data modes.

If all else fails, radio communications-wise, it is often possible to 
generate what sounds like Morse code in some primitive ways.


On 8/15/2020 7:36 PM, Davide Del Vento wrote:
> Question #2: do people still learn Morse code these days that more
> efficient and simple-to-implement electronic (digital) communications
> are available over a channel able to transmit sound? I mean, besides
> as a hobby, obviously.... I see some use of the maritime signal flags
> as a backup in case the electronics is broken, but Morse?