October 27th 06, 01:03 PM
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Question for the group. Mainly new hams.
Chuck Harris wrote:
Jerry wrote:
Contacts like that still help maintain receiving skill. That's
important
if you ever have to use CW to save a life.
but it will never happen since there is no one to send the distress
call
SC
http://kb9rqz.blogspot.com/
Oh, really????
How about THIS one? (QRZ) and a newstory from England?
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Morse code used in rescue!
London, 20 October/GNN/ -- MARITIME AND COASTGUARD AGENCY News
Release (Press Notice: 368_06) issued by The Government News Network
on 20 October 2006
Yesterday afternoon just after 5.30pm Hayling Island Coastguard
team member, Steve Mann, witnessed what he thought was a SOS message
flashed by torchlight towards the Control Tower at Hayling Island
Sailing Club. Steve responded to the SOS message by switching the
lights on and off in the Control Tower.
I would bet that the person flashing SOS knows little, or no morse code
other
than SOS.
This, as an argument for hams using CW, is kind of like "mayday" being an
argument for hams being conversant in French.
-Chuck
Sacre bleu!
Avec des frites!
Le Grande fromage!
Over.
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