Brenda Ann wrote:
"John S." wrote in message
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dxAce wrote:
"John S." wrote:

dxAce wrote:
MnMikew wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
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I'm glad your laughing, because I certainly am!

Don't worry Steve, we're laughing at you, not with you.

That's OK.

Meanwhile, I'm laughing at YOU because you apparently are unable or
unwilling to
pass a simple test. But hey, you can wait a while longer and perhaps
they'll be
giving that ticket away with the Cracker-Jack.

Best of luck.


Hey DxAce..how does it feel to have worked so hard to pass a test that
means absolutely nothing today.

Really? I passed the test, that certainly means something. And who ever
said that I
worked hard? YMMV

It means nothing today...nada...zilch...no value.


You are, of course, in error. Ther e will always be a purpose for CW and
Morse Code. There are times and situations in which voice will not
penetrate, and where digital modes are not possible. If I'm on the high seas
or stuck in a disaster area, I will be glad that I do know Morse, because
I'll be able to put together a radio with which I can send CW even if all I
have is a bunch of spare parts, and that CW will be heard where phone or
digital at the same power levels never would be.

You may have the bug, transmitter and a battery to send code in your
sinking ship on the high seas. But as in other Walter Mitty dreams,
nobody in the real world will be listening. Nobody......

Yes, I know that is one of the oft repeated dreams of the ham
community...to be able to save the village being flooded or rescue the
family in the earthquake by setting up that is instant link with the
outside world when nobody else can. Sad truth is that it hasn't nor
will it ever happen. And you know what - the professional emergency
responders know this. That's why they just chuckle a bit when the
conversation turns to hams and their morse code.

If it is comforting to you to be able to send out dits and dahs that
are heard by nobody, I would say continue to enjoy that solitary
pleasure.