July 19th 06, 11:48 AM
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Morris Code -plus- Continuous Wave (CW) Radio Transmission -and-Semaphore Signals ? Do They Defining Amateur Radio ?
Like your link says, it's MORSE code, as in Samuel F. B. Morse. Who's
Morris?
Scott
RHF wrote:
SC,
Morris Code -plus- Continuous Wave (CW) Radio Transmission
-and- Semaphore Signals ? Do They Defining Amateur Radio ?
- - - The Times They Are A Changing !
While I can admire and respect an Amateur {HAM} Radio Operator
for Mastering Morris Code (CW).
Morris Code in and of itself does not define the Amateur Radio Service.
Morris Code
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code
Continuous Wave (CW) Radio Transmission 'process' in
and of itself does not define the Amateur Radio Service.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_wave
The Amateur Radio Service is Greater than both Morris Code
and Continuous Wave (CW) Radio Transmission - IMHO ~ RHF
Boy Scout Merit Badge Requirements - "RADIO"
http://www.meritbadge.com/mb/093.htm
At one time when I was a very young boy nd a Boy Scout
I Learned to Send and Receive Morris Code at about 5WPM
-but- Then I also learned to use Flags to Send Hand-Flag
"Semaphore" Signals Too !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaphore_(communication)
Neither the ability to use Morris Code or the Semaphone
Flags to Communicate 'defined' Being A Boy Scout.
just an old boy scout at heart ~ RHF
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Slow Code wrote:
(Fred McKenzie) wrote in
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In article , "Alun L.
Palmer" wrote:
Assuming some weird contrived scenario where I had the equipment to
send CW but not phone, it would depend what frequencies it worked on.
I think this is the nature of the premise on which the original post was
based.
Compare it to a similar situation, where a film camera user is debating
a digital camera user:
"If you came upon a drowning man, and you had to choose whether to save
him or photograph his demise, what kind of film would you use?"
Getting rid of CW is like choosing the kind of film.
Ham radio is drowning and the anti-code hams want us to think tossing it
bricks will make it float better. Dumbing things down is never an
improvement.
SC
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