Morse Code Day
Morse Code Day is held on April 27. This event in the third decade of the month April is annual. Help us
When messages are sent by Morse code, dots are short beeps or clicks or flashes, and dashes are longer ones. Morse code is named after Samuel Morse, who helped invent it. It is not used as much today as it was in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is an interesting fact to note that Morse code is still widely used today. It is mainly radio hams who use the Morse, or CW as it is often called. Also some Morse telegraph enthusiasts also use it. Date of first message: 24 May 1844. The first distress signal was "CQD" implying a general call to all stations indicating distress. This was first from 1904. The letters "SOS" became the standard distress signal from around 1908 at the International Conference on Morse Code.
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