"Dick Carroll;" wrote in message
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"Dee D. Flint" wrote:

"Brian" wrote in message
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S. Hanrahan wrote in message
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On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 14:38:36 GMT, "Dee D. Flint"
wrote:

The exam does not exclude anyone who cares to make the effort to
learn.
And
Farnsworth IS Morse since it relates a letter directly to a sound
without
counting dots and dashes.

Actually the Farnsworth method is Morse Code

It is not.

Only at 20 WPM does Farnsworth and Morse use the same character and
word
rate.

Nowhere is there a definition that says the character rate and word rate
MUST be the same for it to be Morse. There is standard spacing and
Farnsworth spacing and the variety of spacing that you hear on the air.
There are some really fine operators who have near perfect standard
spacing
but the rest of us vary. That doesn't mean we aren't sending Morse. If
you
read the manuals on Morse, they give recommended element, character, and
word spacings for standard operation but that is all. It does not
mandate
that the relative spacing meet any particular standard to be considered
Morse code.

Dee, you just destroyed his most reliable rant with one short burst!

Actually, I believe there is an ITU-R Recommendation that specifies
the "International Morse Code" in typical ITU detail.

I will see if I can locate it ...

Carl - wk3c