Cold War Sports: High-Speed Telegraphy
by Thomas from The SWLing Post on (#4WDH9)
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Evans, who shares the following short radio documentary from the BBC World Service: The end of the Cold War in 1989 spelt the demise of a little-known, but surprisingly popular sport behind the Iron Curtain - high-speed telegraphy competitions. With the help of two of Czechoslovakia's best former Morse-coders, we revisit ["]