Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares illustrated radio listening report of a recent transmission from the Russian Navy in Morse Code.
Carlos notes:
Part of CW (Morse) message from Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, frequency of 17615 kHz, listened in Florianopolis, Brazil, distance of 11534 km.
Yes Neil, a classic never dies.
–. .-. . . – .. -. –. … ……. ..-. .-. — — ……. -… .-. .- –.. .. .-.. …….
I love the fact that simple things like CW is still is in use. it is the most reliable and technically simple of radio communications methods – all you need is a very simple transmitter and the the Version 1 brain, connected to some ears 🙂