US Coast guard turns off Morse code 1995
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carriages on the open road. try. Reuter oF Islam from the West.
For example, Jordanian
delegate Laith Shibailat told
No one listening as morse code sinks without trace the meeting that the ozone
New York a Coast Guard master chief personal touch as the keyed through the air, into another clicks and clacks that carried hole was a myth created to
who has been a radioman for dots and dashes the Coast man’s ear — and there’s no news about ocean storms, make Muslims use less fuel
THE US Coast Guard has 23 years. “We've just found Guard has sent and received language barrier.” ship arrivals and departures in industrialising while the
turned off its Morse code more rapid and secure ways since the early 1900s. and sea emergencies. West continues to dominate
equipment after nearly a of communicating.” “It’s the human touch,” “I’'m not real excited about The Coast Guard received the world economy.
century of monitoring tele- But as the equipment was says Petty Officer Tony Tur- this,” Wren said. “It’s a sad only two morse SOS calls at Shibailat also railed at
graph distress calls such as shut off at the weekend, ner, a 10-year radioman at moment.” all of its communication everything from financial in-
the Titanic’s 1912 collision some veteran radiomen com- the Coast Guard’s Atlantic A group of local radio oper- centres during 1994, and stitutions such as the World
with an iceberg. plained that satellites and Communications Station in ators gathered at the Che- none so far this year, Mr Bank to Pepsi Cola as part of
The reason: “Modern automatic navigation Chesapeake. “It’s coming sapeake station to bid Montoya said. the conspiracy intended to
technology”, said Jim Wren, beacons don’t have the same from a person’s hand, farewell to the familiar AP undermine Islamic culture.
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