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Back in the good ole days, wasnt morse code used on the radio at some given point?

Because this guy said to me, didnt you guys use morse code back then?

You guys he's referring to, is you back in the old days when reporting on the radio was done differently than it is today.

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Uhhh.. morse code was used for military and other communications... just like smoke signals.. but that was before voice transmission. Morse code is a transmission of dots and dashes... which is many still study and learn, although not as popular as it used to be.

So to answer your question... no, morse code was never used for EMS work, since progressive EMS started in the late 50's to early 60's radio dispatch and verbal communications were effective then.

R/r 911

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I also have never heard of Morse Code being used in EMS. I tried several internet searches on the subject and came up empty, although there were several instances in which Emergency Management had used it.

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Morse Code is still in use as a repeater identifier by the FCC. It doesn't have any utility as a way to communicate information person-to-person.

Not enough interest in maintaining the skill, and the technology has moved well beyond it.

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Morse code is still used often in the Amateur Radio Community, many of the Salvation Army and Red Cross health and welfare traffic out of disaster areas is often in Morse code. The only use of Morse code in business/public safety radio is as a repeater ID. As far as I know, the only dispatch type use of Morse code was telegraph train messages, long before wireless came about.

73

N3ZRA

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This gave me a great mental image. Can you imagine someone in the back of the unit giving report in morse code..

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back door opens..

"dude we're already here"

"damnit, one of these days I am going to finish a run report!!!"

Peace,

Marty

:joker:

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I think you still have to learn Morse code in the Navy and Coast Guard.

I went in the Coast Guard in 95 and never learned it. I think the Boy Scouts may still teach it.

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