European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Teleg Raphers. A slightly different International Morse code is More widely accepted because it is used by radio Teleg Raphers. A today hams using Morse code often boast of their a Speed on their transmission keys. A Novice must be Able to Send and receive five words a minute and an expert such As Thompson May. Work at belter than 20 words. Per minute. \ v but the world s record is held by the legendary. A a Theodore r. Mcelroy who sent Morse code at a. A breathtaking 87 words per minute in a Boston contest in. 1947. Luck Hurder spokesman for the 16q,000-member.  relay league Newington conn., said. Morse code pan help new hams communicate around a the. World for the Price of a used radio kit. Burdor can a. / Send and receive at 55 words per minute. A a / Morse code Rose with the giants of the industrialized world. I. Var v a a i i inventor Thomas a. Edison got his Start As a a telegraphed on an Ontario Railroad and invented his first machine to Send an automated Morse code signal that fooled his Bosses into thinking he was awake on the. Job a his experience with the Telegraph propelled him to. Bigger things Vav Quot. I a David Sarnoff founder of radio corp. Of America and its chief for decades gained Fame As a wireless operator. A who communicated in Morse code to report the sinking of the titanic in .1912\. A k pm a but Morse code faded fast with the Advent of voice a communications. Western Union ceased using it in the 1920s. Although. The Agency still sent some messages with it through. / world War ii according to spokesman a Arreh Bechtel a a the associated press discontinued transmitting news a. Stories in Morse code in 1914. Among the first to use Morse code were the railroads. A that lasted until 1985 when the Milwaukee Road Railroad finally shut Down its internal Morse code system along its Midwest Points. A id i Quot a. A a the Federal communications commission earlier this a i year eliminated a Morse code proficiency requirement. From the second lowest level of an Amateur radio a License. -. A -.&Quot. I a a id hams concede that Many of their counterparts learn. Morse code for their Eccli Cense and soon . Quot they say it keeps the Riffraff out of Amateur radio,�?T1,. A Cassidy said. Quot most people want to keep it because a a they had to learn it. -. A a \ a. Quot but those who love code Are always going to do it a making it a requirement for the 1990s is almost like. Making sure you know How to shoe a horse to get a a o. A Driver s License Quot a r a r file Samuel . Morse seated in top photo and in inset demonstrates the newly invented Telegraph by sending a message in Morse code. The Morse code was once used to Send Telegraph messages in the . And Caneda. The International code la now used chiefly to Send messages by Short wave radio. A a a a a. A a. A. A pm. Q b a e m m c c 1 1 a d d my # e a. A a a a a a. A a e # a a a a a a a f my e f g g my a h e a e a eee 1 a a a a a i a v m a m e a j is my a k m m. A a a k  Quot a l my l a m e a 1 m my. M my n my i n of m m  a a v p  m q a a m s a a a a a a q a my a m a r m my 1 r m my m s a a a a a a a. A s a m my a a a a a t m a pics a k t u  a pm v is Slva y a m w i. Wem.jpai.4n. A x m a my m m. My. Y y  Mihili \ z a a a z m m a a 1 1 1 a1  2 m a 2 a a m m m 3 a e min. A 3 a a m m. 4 a a a pm. 4 a e a he 5 1 1 i 5 Quot a. A a 6 a a 6 my a 7 m m a a a a. A 7 Mya. 8 m a a e a a 8 Mem a 9 m a a m a a a 9  0 0 my m m m comma comma a a a a a a my a m a. A. A a m 1 1 a a 1 period period a m m m a it i 1 h semicolon. Semicolon a a a a a. My 1 a 1 interrogate tips  1 a . Xiv 1 e a m i m $ Colon a a a a a  a. A a a a m m a a a a. A. Quotation Marks a i e i e e a source the world Book encyclopedia a Wiliiam a castello Panl 29, 1991 the Star and stripes a Page 15