"Floyd Davidson" wrote in message
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"Shannon had written "a blueprint for the digital age," says
MIT information theorist Robert Gallager, who is still awed
by the 1948 paper."
http://www.kjist.ac.kr/~slic/est/cshannon.pdf

That's probably why Dick is so anti-Shannon and continually
denies that Shannon's work has anything to do with ham radio ...
Dick is scared to death that modern digital communications
(that he obviously isn't capable of comprehending) will ultimately
supplant his beloved Morse ... which appears to be the only thing
in ham radio at which he can claim true proficiency.

Simple version: Dick can't face the fact that his only "claim to
fame" (as in "a legend in his own mind") is irrelevant except as
a recreational activity.

(NOTE: I have no problem with folks pursuing Morse as a
recreational activity ... what I have a problem with is their
insistence that it's "essential" to be a "Real Ham" and that a
pass/fail proficiency test should forever remain a "gatekeeper"
to the HF bands.

Carl - wk3c