"Never anonymous Bud" wrote in message
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Having skipped an E.L.F. meeting to be here, (Mark Keith)
scribbled:

Point is, CW is not used for marine emergencies anymore.

Says who? I or the victim in distress can use any mode we/they choose.
Thank you very much.

Well, knowing that the U.S. Coast Guard, and many other equivalent
services
in other countries DO NOT monitor CW any more, AND CW being slower and
more cumbersome than voice, you'd have to be pretty damned stupid to USE
CW in an emergency situation!


What are you going to use when HF propagation is too weak to support
voice???

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE