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Is this the end of Morse's dots and dashes?

Ship at sea will soon stop using Morse code. So, is there a future for the 152-year-old system of dots and dashes? Plus, how ±«Óătv short wave frequencies will continue to be set high for the time being because of the sudden ionospheric disturbances (SIDs) on the sun's surface.

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±«Óătv World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project