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Hey Stupid July 21st 06 09:57 PM

Morse Code -plus- Continuous Wave (CW) Radio Transmission -and- Semaphore Signals ? Do They Defining Amateur Radio ?
 
"an_old_friend" wrote in
ups.com:


Al Klein wrote:
On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 23:31:02 GMT, Cecil Moore
wrote:

How does a deaf person do that?


How does a blind person read the computer screen?

he does not

which of course has nothing to do with the matter at hand somethat
would easy to sow were to have the slightest intelectual hoestly but no
you hacked evverything away



You friggen lost it. There's no way you could have passed the written,
let alone CW.

May the lord bless and grant us peace from the mental illness that traps
you by pulling the plug on your internet.


[email protected] July 22nd 06 11:38 AM

If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
 

an old friend wrote:
wrote:
Dirk wrote:
Ham's care more about operating appliances than knowing how to save a lives.

:-(


Many ham are American Red Cross first aid and adult CPR instructors.

That trumps CW at any speed.


lol thank you for that


I guess saving lives is saving lives only when it uses CW. Those
firemen are way out of their league when compared to this bunch.


an old friend July 22nd 06 05:02 PM

If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
 

wrote:
an old friend wrote:
wrote:
Dirk wrote:
Ham's care more about operating appliances than knowing how to save a lives.

:-(

Many ham are American Red Cross first aid and adult CPR instructors.

That trumps CW at any speed.


lol thank you for that


I guess saving lives is saving lives only when it uses CW. Those
firemen are way out of their league when compared to this bunch.


the only thing that counts to them is CW not even the people using or r
or the ARS or the nation

not even the Ham Code matter to them only CW


Al Klein July 22nd 06 06:42 PM

If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
 
On 22 Jul 2006 09:02:12 -0700, "an old friend"
wrote:

not even the Ham Code matter to them only CW


Part of that code is honesty. How honest is it to memorize answers to
a test?

Cecil Moore July 22nd 06 07:08 PM

If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that persondie?
 
Al Klein wrote:
How honest is it to memorize answers to a test?


How honest is it to memorize Morse code? Or should
Morse code be derived from first principles?
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

Tom July 22nd 06 08:36 PM

If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
 

"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
.net...
Al Klein wrote:
How honest is it to memorize answers to a test?


How honest is it to memorize Morse code? Or should
Morse code be derived from first principles?
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


Lets face it folks to be a well rounded Ham one should learn CW. You never
know when it will come in handy. I am not that good at it, maybe a step or
less above a Novice, but I like to fool around with it. One ought to think
about learning it in do time even though it is not required.
My 2 cents worth.




Slow Code July 22nd 06 09:14 PM

If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
 
wrote in
oups.com:


Dirk wrote:

Ham's care more about operating appliances than knowing how to save a
lives.

:-(


This ham know CPR.

I wonder how many a retired old-timer who decided to join ham radio
stroked out instead while doing speed runs trying to get to 13/20wpm on
CW?

CW kills.



Survival of the fittest.

The fit get a ham license. All the rest get cell phones, CB, and shortwave
listening.




an_old_friend July 22nd 06 09:56 PM

If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
 

Slow Code wrote:
wrote in
oups.com:



CW kills.



Survival of the fittest.

The fit get a ham license.

guess you have not been a hamfest lately


Al Klein July 23rd 06 03:34 AM

If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
 
On 22 Jul 2006 12:45:02 -0700, "
wrote:

Al Klein wrote:
On 22 Jul 2006 09:02:12 -0700, "an old friend"
wrote:


Part of that code is honesty. How honest is it to memorize answers to
a test?


absolutely and conpletely honest


By taking the test you're claiming that you understand the questions
and know the answers. By memorizing the answers you're not learning
enough to understand the questions.

But I wouldn't expect you to understand what "honesty" means.

how balanced is to to place CW over all over ham knowledge?


No one is, any more than by requiring people to know the law one is
putting the law "over all ham knowledge".

How progressive is it?


How progressive is it to not require people to know ... oh, yeah,
that's progressive, since the new thing is to hand out licenses
because people have some kind of "right" to get on the air.

how loyal is it to denny the nation the benifits of allowing more
operators


What "benefits" does the country get from more people using radios who
don't know the first thing about them? (Whatever "denny" means.)

to aquire the expence needed to truely work on hf


You don't acquire knowledge (which is what's needed) by playing with a
radio.

how patriotic is it to keep a staion forom aquiing the skill to be
ready for service to conutry and community?


How does playing CB on the ham bands give one "the skill to be
ready for service to conutry and community"? Or any skill, other than
getting what you want? You don't acquire skill by doing something
that requires no skill. And you, particularly, don't acquire
knowledge by demanding something for nothing.

Al Klein July 23rd 06 03:34 AM

If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
 
On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 20:14:17 GMT, Slow Code wrote:

The fit get a ham license. All the rest get cell phones, CB, and shortwave
listening.


No, SC - in today's society we can't hurt people's feelings, so the
loud get anything they want.


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