Keith wrote in message
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On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 17:14:51 -0700, "Elmer E Ing" Elmer E
wrote:
Case in point -- using google and groups search --- some of the
no-coders
have posted hundreds and I mean hundreds -- nay thousands -- of no code
posts.
Morse code is horse and buggy technology. If you want to pass a vehicle
driving test maybe you should learn to ride a horse to obtain it?
Well, I learned to ride a horse before the age of 8. I was plowing on a
John Deere by 10.
The same thing could be said about Morse. Yes, it is old. But *if* radio
should fail (terrorists, infrastructure, etc) then CW can get thru when
others
fail. I learned it before there was a hint of doing away with code for any
license
class, I still will know it if it goes away, and, yes, I can still ride a
horse. Like CW horses are fun and no reason for me to have to do either at
present. But if
I need to I can.
J
You never
know when all the oil will dry up and you need to mount a horse to get to
work.
Listen to the morse code bands in the USA the signals are few and far.
3.600-3.725 MHz is a vast wasteland of morse code bandwidth that is hardly
used.
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