I remember the anecdote about ending the use of a Morse code only distress channel by the Coast Guard. On the last day, the land based radio operators spent t

I remember the anecdote about ending the use of a Morse code only distress channel by the Coast Guard. On the last day, the land based radio operators spent the time sending each other Shakespeare quotes and similar until they received an actual emergency distress call! Seems a small cargo ship had lost a lot of systems - including rudder control - and were forced to use the Morse channel to ask for help.