SPRINGFIELD - It is perhaps the most readily recognizable Morse code message. Dot-dot-dot, dash-dash-dash, dot-dot-dot. The three dots, dashes and dots mean SOS, or send help. But Samuel F.B. Morse's ...

It may be the ultimate SOS. Morse code is in distress. The language of dots and dashes has been the lingua franca of amateur radio, a vibrant community of technology buffs and hobbyists who have ...

Technically “SOS,” doesn’t officially stand for any of these phrases. It’s the international abbreviation for distress—not to be confused with an acronym (see acronym vs. abbreviation for the ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. - Dots and dashes darted through the airwaves long before text or instant messages, even before e-mail, cell phones or telephone lines. While these new forms of communication ...

When the S.S. Vestris foundered off the Virginia Capes in 1928 with the loss of 110 lives, it wasn’t for lack of a telegraph officer urgently tapping out Morse code. But the SOS came too late — by six ...

A century-old hobby filled with dots and dashes is embroiled in a debate about its future and what level of training should be expected of those called on to help during local and national emergencies ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Morse Code will soon be dropped as a requirement for amateur radio operators, a change that has stirred up passions among many hams, as radio amateurs are ...