The popular MORSUM MAGNIFICAT homepage contains extracts and articles from earlier issues of the magazine; a full summary of the contents of the current issue; details and reviews of scarce telegraphy books available from the MM Bookshelf; a special page for beginners and improvers; and ever-increasing links to other sites of Morse interest on the World Wide Web. The index of all MMs, produced in English since 1986 up to issue No.64 of July 1999 is now available on the Web site.
The Morse Magazine itself "is for all Morse enthusiasts, amateur or professional, active or retired. It brings together material which would otherwise be lost to posterity, providing an invaluable source of interest, reference and record relating to the traditions and practice of Morse" (© The Nilski Partnership MM). The Editor of this quarterly magazine (motto "Flying the flag for Morse") is Zyg Nilski G3OKD and the Editorial and Subscription Offices are at The Poplars, Wistanswick, Market Drayton, Shropshire TF9 2BA.

In this the 100th Anniversary Year of Marconi's celebrated world's first transatlantic wireless transmission the ONLINE MARCONI MUSEUM has been launched. Literally thousands of Web pages and many, many photographs and other items are now available.

In addition to the vital "How to join" section there is an abundance of aids to assimilating S.F.B.Morse's nowhere-near-redundant Code and even the experienced operator could learn something from the pages compiled by John GMØVIY on behalf of the Morse Enthusiasts' Group Scotland, otherwise called MEGS. Formed in 1991 the Group hold regular skeds (call sign appropriately is GMØRSE) each Monday and Thursday between 1900 and 2100 hrs local time nominally on 3530 kHz. Morse practice tapes are offered FREE OF CHARGE save for postage. Lifetime Membership Fee is £1.00. Further details from the Secretary G.M.Allan, GM4HYF of 22 Tynwald Avenue, Rutherglen, Glasgow G73 4RN.

And moving even deeper into the great world of Morse and with the prime object of fostering and encouraging high standards of CW operating and behaviour on the bands THE FIRST CLASS C.W. OPERATORS' CLUB is well-known throughout the world. Their quarterly journal FOCUS is mailed to its members with the January, April, July and October News Sheet. The Secretary is Christopher Page G4BUE.

The internet Web Pages of the Morse Telegraph Club, Inc., an international non-profit organization dedicated to the perpetuation of the knowledge and traditions of telegraphy and American Morse Code. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in the history and technology of the telegraph.
A formidable page of links includes (verbatim from the page) :

• Common numeric Wire Codes.
• Phillips Code. Abridged version of Phillips Code telegraphic shorthand, 1923 version.
• Smithsonian's History of Western Union. Smithsonian Institute's register of historic items donated by W.U. The page is long and will take a bit to load; most of the content will be of interest only to historians, but it does contain a good comprehensive history of W.U.
• Great Chicago Fire & Telegraph. Fascinating article from TELECOM Digest about the telegraph in Chicago Fire of 1871.
• Missouri Pacific RR Memories. "Depots - Steam Engines - Telegraphers." While sounding like a railroad page, it has more to do with RR telegraphy. Stories and pictures of depots and telegraph operators. Even has a copy of a seniority roster. Check it out!
• Morse Code Lives. ABC news story about Morse.
• Samuel F.B. Morse home page
• Speedwell/Alferd Vail. Visit the place where Morse's telegraph was perfected. Also has telegraph history, etc.
• George M. Phelps John Casale, AB chapter, has put up a website containing the history of Phelps contribution to the telegraph.
• SCARD Civil War Signal Corps Reenactment group, includes telegraphing communications.
• Female Telegraphers A good site for history of the female telegrapher and a lot of resources listed.

• The Telegraph Office. Neal McEwen's Treasure Trove of Landline and Wireless telegraphy and instrument collecting.
• Telegraph Lore. Greg Raven's "Dedicated to the study of all aspects of Morse Telegraphy."
• Fons Vanden Berghen's collection of "TELEGRAPHS FROM EUROPE." This is approximately 65 color photographs out of Fon's 240 photgraphs presented in his book on telegraphy in Europe.
• MTC's Spokane Chapter. Website-Read the current issue of "The "SK" Telegrapher."
• MTC's Philadelphia Chapter. Stay up to data about activities around Philadelphia.
• MTC's Alton Chapter. Where in the world is the "Alton Chapter?"
• Spokane-Ft. Steele Telegraph. Short history and info on early line to Canada.
• Australia Morsecodians. MTC's counterpart "Down-Under"; Interesting simularities, too.
• Telegraph Museum. Tom Perera's Telegraph & Scientific Instrument Online Cyber-Museum. Don't miss this one.
• Candian Rail Telegraph. Canadian Telegraph History Page. By R.G. Burnet
• J.H. Bunnell & Co. Yes, they are still in business.
• 1997 SK Fair Demos. Photos from the Morse demonstrations at Spokane Fair, 1997 .
• Western Union History.
• Sparks Telegraph Review.

TOM PERERA - W1TP has been an active Amateur Radio Operator on all bands and all modes since first being licensed in 1953. He is a professor at Montclair State University with hundreds of publications in many fields including The History of Technology, Computerized Research Laboratory Software, Multi-Media Laboratory Modules, Psychophysiology, Perception, Experimental Psychology, The Psychology of Flight, etc. He has been particularly interested in documenting the History of Telegraph Keys since that time, and has specialized in collecting Telegraph instruments with particular attention on Civil War Era and Pre-Civil War Telegraph keys. He has built an Internet Telegraph and Scientific Instrument Museum which displays and describes over 1000 instruments.
He has also written the first and only Telegraph Collectors Guide with 100 pages which describe and display photographs of over 300 keys as well as lists of many hundreds more.
Tom has produced an ENIGMA CD containing a complete, detailed history with over 1000 photographs, 6 Enigma and German radio books. It also includes a very authentic Enigma Simulator complete program. The cost of the CD is $15 plus $5 postage. It can be obtained from Artifax Books whose address can be obtained by clicking on the top link on his website.