Derek Cohn, 49, of Clayton, Mo., left, an amateur telegraph operator and a member of the Morse Telegraph Club, receives a morse code message during the Oct. 1 meeting of the club in Ferguson, Mo.

October 1, 2011- Morse Telegraph Club members Jim Cline, 66, of University City, left, and Dennis McCann, 75, of Collinsville, read a Morse code message coming in over a laptop.

Most, but not all, the club members are self-described “old-timers” who used Morse code on-the-job while employed as telegraphers for railroad companies, or in other positions that utilized ...

Amateur Radio Club -- Checking out devices used to produce Morse code at the Oct. 29 meeting of the Baton Rouge Amateur Radio Club are, from left, Charlie Mercier, Buddy Brown, Jerry Clouatre, Ken ...

Morse code is not of any great value except recreational value, or something like collecting stamps.” Originally Published: July 12, 1995 at 12:00 AM EDT ...

Two Morse code clubs will be demonstrating telegraphy (this weekend/ Oct 16 & 17) at RailFair 33. That model train show takes place at Algonquin College in Ottawa with operating layouts, vendors ...

Richard Behrens, 82, of Omaha is the secretary and treasurer of the local chapter of the Morse Telegraph Club. He learned the code in 1948 as a railroad station agent.

While the decision had been expected, some ham radio operators fear that their exclusive club has been opened to the unwashed masses--and that the very survival of Morse Code is in question. "It's ...

Lee and Dayna Bowman, both members of the Baton Rouge Amateur Radio Club, transmit Morse Code to other radio operators around the country on July 4 aboard the USS Kidd.

After weighing the pros and cons, the FCC ordered the end of Morse Code testing for any licenses in the Amateur Radio Service effective Feb. 23.