RadioBanter - No Heaven for CW coders

(Len Over 21) wrote in
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You never had me "killfiled," hypocrite.

You were busy "working to track Isabel for a year" or something
similar.

You never did check out a working US Army field communications
center or even investigate the how and why of US Army comm use
when you were supposedly working for the US Army. You had ample
time to do so.

But you never did and you had far more/easier access than most.

You must have found out an awful truth...that the US military does
NOT use any morse code for communications now!

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