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Thursday, January 25, 2024

Morse Code Is Alive and Well at KPH

 
KPH radio station
The historic, maritime radio station in California recently held an over-the-air cryptographic challenge

BY ELLE KEHRES 
PUBLISHED: JANUARY 25, 2024

Last Saturday, more than 150 listeners across the U.S., Italy, France, and Japan huddled by their radios to decipher a series of Morse Code transmitted by the Maritime Radio Historical Society.

MRHS was formed on July 12, 1999, the date of the supposed last commercial Morse transmission in the U.S. Today, the group operates stations KPH, KFS, KSM and, on amateur frequencies, K6KPH. In addition to honoring the craft of maritime radio, KPH also hosts a number of events — most recently, an over-the-air cryptographic challenge.

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