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So, Which reader has actually saved a life or lives using "CW" on Ham Bands?
Dave Oldridge wrote: Slow Code wrote in news:SPYSg.4010$o71.3724 @newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net: " wrote in oups.com: Please, don't all jump in at once with all the unproven bragging and dozens of local weekly newspaper clippings. Let's hear it for the mode that saved the Titanic survivors in 1912... Don't know about whether it saved any lives or not, but I once took a very important NOTAM (Notice to Airman) on CW from a guy in the Aleutians in the days following the 1964 quake and put it on the proper teletype circuits for him. His airport's altitude was changing so that charts and other info were inaccurate. -- Dave Oldridge+ ICQ 1800667 PADK? |
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So, Which reader has actually saved a life or lives using "CW" on Ham Bands?
Slow Code wrote: Lenny, just to help you feel better about morse code, if I ever hear you are dying and in need of help, I will use CW to get you help. Then you'll know before you die a ham used morse code to save a life and you can rest in peace over CW. SC Slow, thats IMPOSSIBLE! If you use CW then how can Len die? |
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So, Which reader has actually saved a life or lives using "CW" on Ham Bands?
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So, Which reader has actually saved a life or lives using "CW"on Ham Bands?
an old friend wrote:
indeed I am certain that all that is keeping some of these hams alive is code thus I am expecting a sudden die off when the R&O come out The R&O may come after global warming has already killed most of us off. Here's what Al Gore had to say quoting from The DrudgeReport: Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore warned: "Cigarette smoking is a significant contributor to global warming!" -- 73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com |
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So, Which reader has actually saved a life or lives using "CW" on Ham Bands?
From: on Fri, Sep 29 2006 9:00 pm
Slow Code wrote: Lenny, just to help you feel better about morse code, if I ever hear you are dying and in need of help, I will use CW to get you help. Then you'll know before you die a ham used morse code to save a life and you can rest in peace over CW. Slow, thats IMPOSSIBLE! If you use CW then how can Len die? Blowcode can, in his small mind's imagination, do all sorts of things. Here's a "plain and simple fact" of possible probables in case of anyone ACTUALLY dying or needing help: 1. By telephone, wired or cell: Dial 911, the universal, manned 24/7 emergency number. In turn, the 911 operator will communicate with the appropriate agency by wire or radio (there are 3 basic radio bands for public safety radio services in the USA, one more coming). There is one cell phone for every three citizens in the USA. Speed as fast as a 911 conversation. 2. By - gasp - Citizens Band Radio Service transceivers in urban areas. CB radio users out-number amateurs by 4 to 5 to one. Considering that some radio amateurs have to work for a living and are not AT their ham radios but highway truckers are both working and with their CBs, the virtual ratio is probably double 5:1. Probability of return to first communication about help is high considering that many CB transceivers have guard receivers always tuned to the emergency channel. Speed of that is variable, may take three times longer than a conversation with a 911 operator. 3. If flying there are two basic ways to indicate help. Overland airways routes will have ATCRBS running and a transponder "77" prefix code will generate a flag on the ATC beacon display. On civil airways, 121.5 MHz is the international universal emergency frequency (243 MHz for military radio). Speed of either is a bit longer than with 911 operator calling but quite fast. 4. On the water, in inland waterways and harbors, there is a VHF FM channel for emergencies but common in-use frequencies would get attention for real calls for help. GMDSS is available on ships over deep water as well as an HF radio voice channel for international maritime distress calls. Since maritmers are noted for adherence to SOLAS (Safety Of Life At Sea), the response would be fast. 5. On land, lacking cell coverage (rare now) but on or near highways, there is high probability that any motorist or trucker would have a CB or possibly a business vehicle with a business radio would be passing (PLMRS vehicular radios are quite common with small and large businesses). Any passing public safety agency vehicle would have a radio transceiver capable of directly contacting appropriate help. Farmers are increasing their use of private radios and might be nearby. FRS and GMRS HTs are also becoming more common for both private and business use. Speed of help calling would be variable depending on location, nearby vehicular traffic. 6. Lacking any of the above, one might look for a non-TV or non-CB antenna on a house...high probability of that belonging to a radio amateur. [such a search could take many hours, though] If the date and time corresponded to a ham contest time, the ham might not respond quickly. Even if the ham responded and began calling, there is no assurance that anyone would hear or pay attention to some emergency plea; that would violate the normal conversation that goes on in ham bands and cause much on-air disputes, further clogging calls for help. Speed of help calling is variable, anything from several minutes to many hours. Not that it matters since the victim already died after trying to get through all the ragchewing, self-styled radio police, and general cat-calling by other amateurs. 7. Blow Code is of NO help since he is not verified as a valid (or invalid) licensed radio amateur. |
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So, Which reader has actually saved a life or lives using "CW" on Ham Bands?
wrote: From: on Fri, Sep 29 2006 9:00 pm 6. Lacking any of the above, one might look for a non-TV or non-CB antenna on a house...high probability of that belonging to a radio amateur. [such a search could take many hours, though] If the date and time corresponded to a ham contest time, the ham might not respond quickly. Even if the ham responded and began calling, there is no assurance that anyone would hear or pay attention to some emergency plea; that would violate the normal conversation that goes on in ham bands and cause much on-air disputes, further clogging calls for help. Speed of help calling is variable, anything from several minutes to many hours. Not that it matters since the victim already died after trying to get through all the ragchewing, self-styled radio police, and general cat-calling by other amateurs. or you if you had to you could send ing sos or oso the later seems likely to get you aid the fastest from the CW they will df you fast to come and castise you for it and likely then well at least rennder first aid as they take you to task for daring to misspell sos |
#708
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So, Which reader has actually saved a life or lives using "CW" on Ham Bands?
wrote: From: on Fri, Sep 29 2006 9:00 pm Slow Code wrote: Lenny, just to help you feel better about morse code, if I ever hear you are dying and in need of help, I will use CW to get you help. Then you'll know before you die a ham used morse code to save a life and you can rest in peace over CW. Slow, thats IMPOSSIBLE! If you use CW then how can Len die? Blowcode can, in his small mind's imagination, do all sorts of things. Here's a "plain and simple fact" of possible probables in case of anyone ACTUALLY dying or needing help: 1. By telephone, wired or cell: Dial 911, the universal, manned 24/7 emergency number. In turn, the 911 operator will communicate with the appropriate agency by wire or radio (there are 3 basic radio bands for public safety radio services in the USA, one more coming). There is one cell phone for every three citizens in the USA. Speed as fast as a 911 conversation. Correction... that's "9 -dash- 1 -dash- 1." Robesin says so. 2. By - gasp - Citizens Band Radio Service transceivers in urban areas. CB radio users out-number amateurs by 4 to 5 to one. Considering that some radio amateurs have to work for a living and are not AT their ham radios but highway truckers are both working and with their CBs, the virtual ratio is probably double 5:1. Probability of return to first communication about help is high considering that many CB transceivers have guard receivers always tuned to the emergency channel. Speed of that is variable, may take three times longer than a conversation with a 911 operator. 3. If flying there are two basic ways to indicate help. Overland airways routes will have ATCRBS running and a transponder "77" prefix code will generate a flag on the ATC beacon display. On civil airways, 121.5 MHz is the international universal emergency frequency (243 MHz for military radio). Speed of either is a bit longer than with 911 operator calling but quite fast. 4. On the water, in inland waterways and harbors, there is a VHF FM channel for emergencies but common in-use frequencies would get attention for real calls for help. GMDSS is available on ships over deep water as well as an HF radio voice channel for international maritime distress calls. Since maritmers are noted for adherence to SOLAS (Safety Of Life At Sea), the response would be fast. 5. On land, lacking cell coverage (rare now) but on or near highways, there is high probability that any motorist or trucker would have a CB or possibly a business vehicle with a business radio would be passing (PLMRS vehicular radios are quite common with small and large businesses). Any passing public safety agency vehicle would have a radio transceiver capable of directly contacting appropriate help. Farmers are increasing their use of private radios and might be nearby. FRS and GMRS HTs are also becoming more common for both private and business use. Speed of help calling would be variable depending on location, nearby vehicular traffic. 6. Lacking any of the above, one might look for a non-TV or non-CB antenna on a house...high probability of that belonging to a radio amateur. [such a search could take many hours, though] If the date and time corresponded to a ham contest time, the ham might not respond quickly. Even if the ham responded and began calling, there is no assurance that anyone would hear or pay attention to some emergency plea; that would violate the normal conversation that goes on in ham bands and cause much on-air disputes, further clogging calls for help. Speed of help calling is variable, anything from several minutes to many hours. Not that it matters since the victim already died after trying to get through all the ragchewing, self-styled radio police, and general cat-calling by other amateurs. 7. Blow Code is of NO help since he is not verified as a valid (or invalid) licensed radio amateur. |
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