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Give up CB for ham?
"Cecil Moore" wrote in message . com... clfe wrote: Many of you may have heard of the Quecreek Mine incident in PA some time ago. A pipe was drilled down into the shaft. Those at the surface heard 9 taps on it, signifying there were 9 miners there. NOW - if any of those miners KNEW code, they could have gotten a message to the surface as to what conditions were exactly, the extent of injuries as best they could, etc. Not by tapping. International Morse requires dashes as well as taps (dots). There is a tap code used in prisons that will accomplish communications under those circumstances. And since more people have been in prison than hold an amateur radio license, seems that it would make more sense to require knowing the tap code than to require knowing International Morse code. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp DUH - I KNOW THAT - I was just saying the tapping let the people at the surface know there were 9 people down there. MORSE CODE - "could" have relayed much more info if one of them knew it. REREAD my message....... I am fully aware of what "code" is, I'm an Extra myself - have been for quite some time. I am also a VE Test Team leader. clfe |
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Give up CB for ham?
clfe wrote:
DUH - I KNOW THAT - I was just saying the tapping let the people at the surface know there were 9 people down there. MORSE CODE - "could" have relayed much more info if one of them knew it. REREAD my message....... How do you send a 'dash' by tapping on a pipe? You apparently could revolutionize prison communications by providing an answer to that simple question. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp |
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Give up CB for ham?
"Cecil Moore" wrote in message . com... clfe wrote: How do you send a 'dash' by tapping on a pipe? You apparently could revolutionize prison communications by providing an answer to that simple question. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp How about a fast double tap on the pipe (or bar) to signify a "dash"? It's not an elegant solution, but could be made to work. Those guys are probably not gonna try for 30 characters per minute anyway. Harold KD5SAK |
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Caught Sending Morse (was Give up CB for ham?)
During long boring meetings at an Aerospace company, my buddy and I would
send Morse by pencil taps, sharp tap was a dit and a tap-scrape was a dah. Worked well until a new manager gave his fist talk assuring us nothing would change - we tapped out BS. After the meeting, the new manager asked my buddy and I to stay for a moment after the meeting, With a smile, he sed Hi guys -- I'm W#XYZ Real call sign disguised to protect the guilty (;-) -- CL -- I doubt, therefore I might be ! "kd5sak" wrote in message et... "Cecil Moore" wrote in message . com... clfe wrote: How do you send a 'dash' by tapping on a pipe? You apparently could revolutionize prison communications by providing an answer to that simple question. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp How about a fast double tap on the pipe (or bar) to signify a "dash"? It's not an elegant solution, but could be made to work. Those guys are probably not gonna try for 30 characters per minute anyway. Harold KD5SAK |
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Caught Sending Morse (was Give up CB for ham?)
A friend of mine and a high school classmate got caught doing the same
thing. Some very creative descriptions of the teachers' extracurricular activities, until one of the teachers turned out to be a ham... Showed them the piece of paper he was copying on :-) 73 Dan N3OX Caveat Lector wrote: During long boring meetings at an Aerospace company, my buddy and I would send Morse by pencil taps, sharp tap was a dit and a tap-scrape was a dah. Worked well until a new manager gave his fist talk assuring us nothing would change - we tapped out BS. After the meeting, the new manager asked my buddy and I to stay for a moment after the meeting, With a smile, he sed Hi guys -- I'm W#XYZ Real call sign disguised to protect the guilty (;-) -- CL -- I doubt, therefore I might be ! "kd5sak" wrote in message et... "Cecil Moore" wrote in message . com... clfe wrote: How do you send a 'dash' by tapping on a pipe? You apparently could revolutionize prison communications by providing an answer to that simple question. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp How about a fast double tap on the pipe (or bar) to signify a "dash"? It's not an elegant solution, but could be made to work. Those guys are probably not gonna try for 30 characters per minute anyway. Harold KD5SAK |
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Give up CB for ham?
'tap' for dot.
'scratch' for dash. Cecil Moore wrote: clfe wrote: DUH - I KNOW THAT - I was just saying the tapping let the people at the surface know there were 9 people down there. MORSE CODE - "could" have relayed much more info if one of them knew it. REREAD my message....... How do you send a 'dash' by tapping on a pipe? You apparently could revolutionize prison communications by providing an answer to that simple question. |
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