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November 4th 04, 11:47 PM

PAMNO (N2EY) wrote in message ...
In article , Dave Heil
writes:

The Volunteer Examiners are giving Farnsworth exams
rather than the FCC/Part 97 specified Morse Code exams.

Farnsworth exams? I don't believe I've ever heard of any candidate for
an amateur radio license taking such an exam.

Farnsworth spacing is one way of sending Morse Code.

Farnsworth is one way of sending a coded message. But it is not Morse
Code.

It's been around for
decades and has been recognized by FCC and the ITU as meeting all the
requirements for the Morse Code test.

That's all Quiteinteresting. Morse Code has very specific timing
specifications that Farnsworth does not meet.

Can you show the FCC and ITU acceptance? Any citation at all will do.
Really.

IOW, Farnsworth spacing is a subset of the set of ways to send Morse Code. So,
by definition, all Farnsworth-spaced Morse Code *is* Morse code, even though
all Morse Code is not Farnsworth-spaced.

73 de Jim, N2EY.

Oh, my! That almost sounded official. Citation, please.