In a lot of areas - the FIRE DEPTS. don't approve of OPEN BURNINGS - so
I guess that means that you would have to get the local fire depts. blessing
prior to your disaster to use smoke!

Reference to the subject - if one did not want to use pure CW (if there
is a mental or physical block from learning it) - there are other digital
signals that could be used, i.e.:PSK31, etc.

Other line of site communications could be - focused white light beams,
Lasers, flags, etc.

I think the real issue is that you and some of your friends are just
plain against CW, (and you want to turn everybody else in that same
direction), you don't use it, you don't want to learn it, etc. If that is
the case, then why don't you just drop it - QUIT NAGGING LIKE AN OLD LADY -
and go onto some other subject or project?
73's

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