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October 27th 06, 01:03 PM
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Question for the group. Mainly new hams.
Chuck Harris wrote:
Jerry wrote: Contacts like that still help maintain receiving skill. That's important if you ever have to use CW to save a life. but it will never happen since there is no one to send the distress call SC http://kb9rqz.blogspot.com/ Oh, really???? How about THIS one? (QRZ) and a newstory from England? Quote Morse code used in rescue! London, 20 October/GNN/ -- MARITIME AND COASTGUARD AGENCY News Release (Press Notice: 368_06) issued by The Government News Network on 20 October 2006 Yesterday afternoon just after 5.30pm Hayling Island Coastguard team member, Steve Mann, witnessed what he thought was a SOS message flashed by torchlight towards the Control Tower at Hayling Island Sailing Club. Steve responded to the SOS message by switching the lights on and off in the Control Tower. I would bet that the person flashing SOS knows little, or no morse code other than SOS. This, as an argument for hams using CW, is kind of like "mayday" being an argument for hams being conversant in French. -Chuck Sacre bleu! Avec des frites! Le Grande fromage! Over. |
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