Morse code was Re: Basic reading

[Ken martin <kmartin@c...>]

drale99@a... wrote:
> 
> Later in the Navy, we had to get up to about 15 words per
> minute. (but this was with buzzer, radio code, which was a different 
> code, and wasn't as fast as Ry. telegraphy). 

Railroads used American Morse, Navy and radio use International Morse.
Code is still used in Amateur Radio and until last year the highest class of 
Amateur radio license required a 20 wpm test. I knew a guy who was a code
receiver in the Air Force who said he received 40 wpm.

Ken Martin