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I was going through about ten years of ham catalogs, and I noticed a disturbing trend.
There's an increase in recent years of ham gear Retailers offering an
expanding amount of citizen band radios and related products. So Retailers have seen the changes in the type of people that are making up and will be making up the US ham population, and have modified their inventories and marketing to stay in step with it. Gotta keep selling them radio's, Ten-Four? Morse |
I was going through about ten years of ham catalogs, and I noticed a disturbing trend.
Either that, or they noticed that the anal-retentive old fart CW losers
aren't buying new equipment so they're marketing to somebody who will. m "Morse or Re-Morse" wrote in message . net... There's an increase in recent years of ham gear Retailers offering an expanding amount of citizen band radios and related products. So Retailers have seen the changes in the type of people that are making up and will be making up the US ham population, and have modified their inventories and marketing to stay in step with it. Gotta keep selling them radio's, Ten-Four? Morse |
I was going through about ten years of ham catalogs, and I noticeda disturbing trend.
Morse or Re-Morse wrote:
There's an increase in recent years of ham gear Retailers offering an expanding amount of citizen band radios and related products. So Retailers have seen the changes in the type of people that are making up and will be making up the US ham population, and have modified their inventories and marketing to stay in step with it. Gotta keep selling them radio's, Ten-Four? Morse No, they aren't. Not the real ones. GOAT. tom K0TAR |
I was going through about ten years of ham catalogs, and I noticed a disturbing trend.
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Steve "Morse or Re-Morse" wrote in message . net... There's an increase in recent years of ham gear Retailers offering an expanding amount of citizen band radios and related products. So Retailers have seen the changes in the type of people that are making up and will be making up the US ham population, and have modified their inventories and marketing to stay in step with it. Gotta keep selling them radio's, Ten-Four? Morse |
I was going through about ten years of ham catalogs, and I noticed a disturbing trend.
In article , "Steve N." wrote:
$$ Steve "Morse or Re-Morse" wrote in message .net... There's an increase in recent years of ham gear Retailers offering an expanding amount of citizen band radios and related products. So Retailers have seen the changes in the type of people that are making up and will be making up the US ham population, and have modified their inventories and marketing to stay in step with it. Gotta keep selling them radio's, Ten-Four? Well years back there were CB STORES everywhere, and places like Sears and Wards sold CB's, not anymore. Someone has to sell them. Very litle interest in CB these days, however its the only real way to try and communicate with other drivers on the road. greg |
I was going through about ten years of ham catalogs, and I noticed a disturbing trend.
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I was going through about ten years of ham catalogs, and I noticed a disturbing trend.
"Morse or Re-Morse" wrote
Radio Shack. You got questions, we got blank stares. My 17 year old RS Optimus speakers gave up the ghost. I went into a Radio Shack and was told that not only does RS not sell speakers like that anymore, but speakers with one tweeter plus one mid-range plus one woofer were not even manufactured anymore and that it takes half a dozen modular speakers to set up a system nowadays. I went over to Fry's Electronics and found exactly what I was looking for from Cambridge Soundworks. The woofer only goes down to 40 Hz but for my karaoke system, that's good enough. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp |
I was going through about ten years of ham catalogs, and I noticed a disturbing trend.
"Cecil Moore" wrote in
y.net: "Morse or Re-Morse" wrote Radio Shack. You got questions, we got blank stares. My 17 year old RS Optimus speakers gave up the ghost. I went into a Radio Shack and was told that not only does RS not sell speakers like that anymore, but speakers with one tweeter plus one mid-range plus one woofer were not even manufactured anymore and that it takes half a dozen modular speakers to set up a system nowadays. I went over to Fry's Electronics and found exactly what I was looking for from Cambridge Soundworks. The woofer only goes down to 40 Hz but for my karaoke system, that's good enough. A microphone, a six-pack, a karaoke system, & you're a star. :-) sc |
I was going through about ten years of ham catalogs, and I noticed a disturbing trend.
"Slow Code" wrote:
A microphone, a six-pack, a karaoke system, & you're a star. :-) Yep, see: http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp/w5dxp.jpg -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp |
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Alot of people are telling me that CB is just for inbred hicks and that
I should replace the CB in my truck with a ham radio. What do you thjink? |
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In article .com,
wrote: Alot of people are telling me that CB is just for inbred hicks and that I should replace the CB in my truck with a ham radio. What do you thjink? I think that you asked precisely that same question (modulo one typo) back on May 16th, April 15th, and April 3. I think you have no serious interest in the answers you've received. I think you're acting like a juvenile troll, and therefore receive 0 points on the Troll-o-meter (with a three-point penalty for showing an utter lack of imagination in your trolling). -- Dave Platt AE6EO Hosting the Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads! |
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Dave Platt wrote: In article .com, wrote: Alot of people are telling me that CB is just for inbred hicks and that I should replace the CB in my truck with a ham radio. What do you thjink? I think that you asked precisely that same question (modulo one typo) back on May 16th, April 15th, and April 3. I think you have no serious interest in the answers you've received. I think you're acting like a juvenile troll, and therefore receive 0 points on the Troll-o-meter (with a three-point penalty for showing an utter lack of imagination in your trolling). -- Dave Platt AE6EO Hosting the Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads! Does this mean you're as anal retentive as your mother? |
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I was going through about ten years of ham catalogs, and I noticed a disturbing trend.
"Cecil Moore" wrote in
m: "Slow Code" wrote: A microphone, a six-pack, a karaoke system, & you're a star. :-) Yep, see: http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp/w5dxp.jpg Have to start calling you Slim Whitman. sc |
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And a big fat amen to that.
rb "Dave Platt" wrote in message ... In article .com, wrote: Alot of people are telling me that CB is just for inbred hicks and that I should replace the CB in my truck with a ham radio. What do you thjink? I think that you asked precisely that same question (modulo one typo) back on May 16th, April 15th, and April 3. I think you have no serious interest in the answers you've received. I think you're acting like a juvenile troll, and therefore receive 0 points on the Troll-o-meter (with a three-point penalty for showing an utter lack of imagination in your trolling). -- Dave Platt AE6EO Hosting the Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads! |
I was going through about ten years of ham catalogs, and I noticed a disturbing trend.
A microphone, a six-pack, a karaoke system, & you're a star. :-)
Yep, see: http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp/w5dxp.jpg Have to start calling you Slim Whitman. Another definite advantage to CW, I suppose. With SSB there's no telling when you might hear something that could make your head explode. -- Dave Platt AE6EO Hosting the Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads! |
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Tom Ring wrote:
wrote: Alot of people are telling me that CB is just for inbred hicks and that I should replace the CB in my truck with a ham radio. What do you thjink? You should go for your license. The additional privelages are quite worthwhile. I will warn you that there are still quite a few inbred hicks that got their ham tickets, unfortunately. The good thing is most of them seem to be extra class, and are mostly older and will be gone soon. It's a leftover effect of requiring Morse ability as opposed to operating knowledge. tom K0TAR The problem with the newbys with nocode techs is that they don't realize that knowing the code is just as important as knowing how to press the on/off button. Dave WD9BDZ |
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On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 23:59:38 -0500, "David G. Nagel" wrote: The problem with the newbys with nocode techs is that they don't realize that knowing the code is just as important as knowing how to press the on/off button. Dave WD9BDZ *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** "Just as important"? Boggles the mind. 73, Bill W6WRT 49 yr ham, Extra Class |
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"Bill Turner" wrote in message
... ORIGINAL MESSAGE: On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 23:59:38 -0500, "David G. Nagel" wrote: The problem with the newbys with nocode techs is that they don't realize that knowing the code is just as important as knowing how to press the on/off button. Dave WD9BDZ *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** "Just as important"? Boggles the mind. 73, Bill W6WRT 49 yr ham, Extra Class I don't think you can really expect the newbies to want/desire to know that which they know may be being phased out soon. Why worry about learning it if they know it will soon be gone? I am of the opinion that a 5 WPM at least - should be kept on as a requirement - as someday - it may be needed. Think not? Say you're in the midst of an attack - of terrorism, a war on our homefront OR a large scale natural disaster, a microphone isn't working or available. You can key the radio but don't know code - now what? With code, even at 5 WPM - you could get some very important information to those needing it to help save you - to them. You could tell them WITH code, what is needed, exact whereabouts, how many people involved, etc........ Just clicking a mic pin with a wire won't tell anyone anything and could delay any help or a response big enough to do much good. In these times with the large scale disasters as we've seen and attacks - even for any said to be planned, NOW is a good time to WANT to know code. IT may save you........ It is one of those skills you learn - just like CPR or whatever - you hope you never have to use, but you're glad you have it - when you need it. 5 WPM is NOT hard to learn or do. ANYONE with any interest can learn it in a month at most if you take x amount of characters a day and start using them. Many learn it sooner but it shouldn't take more than a month to get to 5 WPM. "I" know how I learned it but my method won't work for all, just as others didn't work for me. But the main thing is, you must "want" to learn it. If you were 16 and didn't want to learn to drive a car - plain and simple your driving days would be non-existant or very short lived at best- point being MOST 16 year olds WANT to learn to drive. YOU HAVE TO WANT IT. 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. Maybe even instructions to help those on the surface plan their moves a tad better. Luckily, the 9 were saved but that is an example of just those 9 taps - crude MORSE - which sent a valid message. Were it not for that, no one would have known they were alive until someone may have went in. AND - MAYBE - those digging operations after a couple hours would have slowed due to lost hope. The fact they knew those guys were still alive gave them urgency to press on......... Code CAN have a place in your life. clfe |
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"clfe" wrote in message ... "Bill Turner" wrote in message ... ORIGINAL MESSAGE: On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 23:59:38 -0500, "David G. Nagel" wrote: The problem with the newbys with nocode techs is that they don't realize that knowing the code is just as important as knowing how to press the on/off button. Dave WD9BDZ *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** "Just as important"? Boggles the mind. 73, Bill W6WRT 49 yr ham, Extra Class I don't think you can really expect the newbies to want/desire to know that which they know may be being phased out soon. Why worry about learning it if they know it will soon be gone? I am of the opinion that a 5 WPM at least - should be kept on as a requirement - as someday - it may be needed. Think not? Say you're in the midst of an attack - of terrorism, a war on our homefront OR a large scale natural disaster, a microphone isn't working or available. You can key the radio but don't know code - now what? With code, even at 5 WPM - you could get some very important information to those needing it to help save you - to them. You could tell them WITH code, what is needed, exact whereabouts, how many people involved, etc........ Just clicking a mic pin with a wire won't tell anyone anything and could delay any help or a response big enough to do much good. In these times with the large scale disasters as we've seen and attacks - even for any said to be planned, NOW is a good time to WANT to know code. IT may save you........ It is one of those skills you learn - just like CPR or whatever - you hope you never have to use, but you're glad you have it - when you need it. 5 WPM is NOT hard to learn or do. ANYONE with any interest can learn it in a month at most if you take x amount of characters a day and start using them. Many learn it sooner but it shouldn't take more than a month to get to 5 WPM. "I" know how I learned it but my method won't work for all, just as others didn't work for me. But the main thing is, you must "want" to learn it. If you were 16 and didn't want to learn to drive a car - plain and simple your driving days would be non-existant or very short lived at best- point being MOST 16 year olds WANT to learn to drive. YOU HAVE TO WANT IT. 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. Maybe even instructions to help those on the surface plan their moves a tad better. Luckily, the 9 were saved but that is an example of just those 9 taps - crude MORSE - which sent a valid message. Were it not for that, no one would have known they were alive until someone may have went in. AND - MAYBE - those digging operations after a couple hours would have slowed due to lost hope. The fact they knew those guys were still alive gave them urgency to press on......... Code CAN have a place in your life. clfe One other thing........ I cut my teeth on CB back when the FCC was busting CBers regularly for violations. I then got into Ham and Electronics. ALL radio services "CAN" and "DO" have a place when it comes to chatting, information exchange OR emergencies. ALL groups "can" work in unison for the betterment of mankind if desired. Ham has it's place. CB was used mostly by those such as "Auxiliary Police" - where not everyone had to have a "code" much less a license to have studied for - to use radios for their purposes. SEAT-REACT when operated properly was as useful as the Ham groups for emergencies. At one time, I belonged to REACT and some local Ham groups. I'm heavily involved in Public Safety - so I got the best of both worlds. The REACT team died and if I'm not mistaken, maybe the founding unit. Believe me - in a HUGE disaster our fire band was SWAMPED. Ham and CB alike WERE IMPORTANT. I had information on both coming to me - which was of enormous help. I was getting information that was not able to be had via the Fire Radio - due to it being so laden with traffic. I often use FRS radios now too - to avoid tying up the Fire Frequencies here. I USE WHAT I MUST to get the job done. clfe An EMA Coordinator/Firefighter - line officer and former medic - self employed in radio. |
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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 |
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"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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I'm an inbred alabama hick and I hate CB.
Lloyd Davies N0VFP Cow Cornholer Nutsackkk Gobbler Dumpster Dweller in Athens, Alabama wrote in message oups.com... Alot of people are telling me that CB is just for inbred hicks and that I should replace the CB in my truck with a ham radio. What do you thjink? -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Tom Ring wrote:
wrote: Alot of people are telling me that CB is just for inbred hicks and that I should replace the CB in my truck with a ham radio. What do you thjink? You should go for your license. The additional privelages are quite worthwhile. I will warn you that there are still quite a few inbred hicks that got their ham tickets, unfortunately. The good thing is most of them seem to be extra class, and are mostly older and will be gone soon. It's a leftover effect of requiring Morse ability as opposed to operating knowledge. tom K0TAR Boy it's fun what a little trolling can do to my peers. I'm also an Extra, and licensed for 29 years. Code is worth what it can do, but has had less and less to do with the hobby for decades. It's a great hobby within the hobby on HF, and was the core of EME for years. It still is to some extent, but advances due to moving up in frequency as well as computer based modes as low as 6 and 2 meters are making it something used for EME as much for fun and stubborness as for usefullness. SSB is a very popular mode on EME now among the big guns. CW is dead as far as being needed. It's a great thing to have as a skill, but is now as needed as spark. The person who said they could key an HT to send CW was stretching it way beyond reality. Ain't gonna happen, any more than someone will make a spark transmitter by keying a big bunch of wire they wound in a coil when trapped in their basement by touching it to the hot side of the drop in their fusebox. tom K0TAR |
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"Tom Ring" wrote in message .. . Tom Ring wrote: wrote: Alot of people are telling me that CB is just for inbred hicks and that I should replace the CB in my truck with a ham radio. What do you thjink? You should go for your license. The additional privelages are quite worthwhile. I will warn you that there are still quite a few inbred hicks that got their ham tickets, unfortunately. The good thing is most of them seem to be extra class, and are mostly older and will be gone soon. It's a leftover effect of requiring Morse ability as opposed to operating knowledge. tom K0TAR Boy it's fun what a little trolling can do to my peers. I'm also an Extra, and licensed for 29 years. Code is worth what it can do, but has had less and less to do with the hobby for decades. It's a great hobby within the hobby on HF, and was the core of EME for years. It still is to some extent, but advances due to moving up in frequency as well as computer based modes as low as 6 and 2 meters are making it something used for EME as much for fun and stubborness as for usefullness. SSB is a very popular mode on EME now among the big guns. CW is dead as far as being needed. It's a great thing to have as a skill, but is now as needed as spark. The person who said they could key an HT to send CW was stretching it way beyond reality. Ain't gonna happen, any more than someone will make a spark transmitter by keying a big bunch of wire they wound in a coil when trapped in their basement by touching it to the hot side of the drop in their fusebox. tom K0TAR I'm not sure if you're referring to my post or someone else's who I didn't see. In "my" example - I was saying if a MIC was broken and they knew code, they could short out the tranmit pins - like making and breaking contact such as a key would do - to broadcast a coded message. It "can" be done. There is what is/was known as "Modulated CW". And, I've seen guys key an H.T. OR Mic and do code with an "Oscillator" with the other hand - thereby transmitting the code - from the Oscillator speaker through the mic of the H.T or radio. Maybe that is what "they" were referring to - I don't know. clfe |
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"clfe" wrote in message
... "Tom Ring" wrote in message .. . Tom Ring wrote: wrote: Alot of people are telling me that CB is just for inbred hicks and that I should replace the CB in my truck with a ham radio. What do you thjink? You should go for your license. The additional privelages are quite worthwhile. I will warn you that there are still quite a few inbred hicks that got their ham tickets, unfortunately. The good thing is most of them seem to be extra class, and are mostly older and will be gone soon. It's a leftover effect of requiring Morse ability as opposed to operating knowledge. tom K0TAR Boy it's fun what a little trolling can do to my peers. I'm also an Extra, and licensed for 29 years. Code is worth what it can do, but has had less and less to do with the hobby for decades. It's a great hobby within the hobby on HF, and was the core of EME for years. It still is to some extent, but advances due to moving up in frequency as well as computer based modes as low as 6 and 2 meters are making it something used for EME as much for fun and stubborness as for usefullness. SSB is a very popular mode on EME now among the big guns. CW is dead as far as being needed. It's a great thing to have as a skill, but is now as needed as spark. The person who said they could key an HT to send CW was stretching it way beyond reality. Ain't gonna happen, any more than someone will make a spark transmitter by keying a big bunch of wire they wound in a coil when trapped in their basement by touching it to the hot side of the drop in their fusebox. tom K0TAR I'm not sure if you're referring to my post or someone else's who I didn't see. In "my" example - I was saying if a MIC was broken and they knew code, they could short out the tranmit pins - like making and breaking contact such as a key would do - to broadcast a coded message. It "can" be done. There is what is/was known as "Modulated CW". And, I've seen guys key an H.T. OR Mic and do code with an "Oscillator" with the other hand - thereby transmitting the code - from the Oscillator speaker through the mic of the H.T or radio. Maybe that is what "they" were referring to - I don't know. clfe Then too along with the above - they "could" have been referring to using the "key pad" to send code while the H.T. was keyed OR using the keypad on a mic while it was keyed......... If memory serves me correct - at the moment (slips at times) - THAT would be equivalent to MCW (Modulated CW). I've seen that done too. clfe |
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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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clfe wrote:
I'm not sure if you're referring to my post or someone else's who I didn't see. In "my" example - I was saying if a MIC was broken and they knew code, they could short out the tranmit pins - like making and breaking contact such as a key would do - to broadcast a coded message. It "can" be done. Please tell us when, in human history, it has ever been done. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp |
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Cecil Moore wrote:
Please tell us when, in human history, it has ever been done. Yes. It was an episode of the old Adam-12 TV series. Patrolman was injured in a crashed cruiser. Mic out. but he could click the mic button...the guy on the other end directed him to "click once if you hear me and twice if you don't" Classic television: you had to be there. |
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"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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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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jawod wrote:
I seem to remember that the original Morse code was all clicks. Wasn't there a strong click when the receiver circuit closed and a different weak click when the circuit opened? The length of time between those two types of clicks was either a dot or a dash? -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp |
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'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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The first Morse machines scribed the dots and dashes on a moving strip of
paper. Operators of the day found that they could decode the sound of the scriber by ear, so the scribing machines were scrapped. http://www.maxmon.com/1880ad.htm -- CL -- I doubt, therefore I might be ! "Cecil Moore" wrote in message om... jawod wrote: I seem to remember that the original Morse code was all clicks. Wasn't there a strong click when the receiver circuit closed and a different weak click when the circuit opened? The length of time between those two types of clicks was either a dot or a dash? -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp |
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Thanks for stepping up to the plate and admitting it. You got some
points for that. :-) LLOYD THE LARDASS LOSER DAVIES wrote: I'm an inbred alabama hick and I hate CB. Lloyd Davies N0VFP Cow Cornholer Nutsackkk Gobbler Dumpster Dweller in Athens, Alabama wrote in message oups.com... Alot of people are telling me that CB is just for inbred hicks and that I should replace the CB in my truck with a ham radio. What do you thjink? |
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