In article , "Arnie Macy"
writes:

"Len Over 21" wrote in part ...

Well, that's how it goes. Every amateur must know morse in order to save
the next Titanic or something. Morse is used "countless times" in national
emergencies. It is the next most basic radio communications thing, etc.
["countless" is apt because the number of actual emergency comms done by
on-off-keying modes is zero, zilch, nada...unless the self-promoters think
that Health and Welfare messages are "emergencies."]
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My EM Agency has multiple sets of HF gear and every one of them is manned by
an ARS operator that is CW capable -- and we'd be foolish not to include
that capability in our EM package.

Absolutely...nothing gets through like morse code.

Amateur use of morse code will always save the day.

Amateur radio will save/rescue untold numbers of hurricane victims.

Now, don't get me wrong, I just love the new technology.

Anything invented/discovered after 1930 must be "new technology" to you.

As a part of that, we have FM trunked radios, laptop
computers, closed network capability, VTC Scotties, and SATLinks. IOW, we
use *all* of the tools available to us.

But, more importantly, MORSE CODE SKILL is a NECESSITY for
emergency communications, right?

Of course it is. You MUST require all amateurs to KNOW morse code.

Morse code gets through when nothing else will.

That's why all amateurs are SUPERIOR to professsional communications
people.

"Real" amateurs KNOW morse code, therefore they are superior.

Why not just admit that CW does
have a place in the EM package -- or are you just so dug into your position
that you can't see the sky anymore?

I'm not "dug in," just covered with all that bull**** shoveled by the PCTA.

IMO, it's not necessary to throw out
the older viable technology in order to embrace the future.

Newflash: "Spark" (damped wave oscillation) was once a "viable technology."
No longer. It is outlawed in the USA.

Don't worry...your crystal set will still receive signals. No electric
power
required.

Are you properly equipped with "viable technology" of crystal sets?

If that were
the case, none of us would ever use a hard-wired phone again.

According to the US Census Bureau, there are over 100 million cellular
telephone subscribers in the USA. There are over 150 million "hard-wired"
telephones in the USA.

What is the point of your little "viable technology" diatribe?

And why in the hell aren't you OUT THERE being ten kinds of EM
manager with impending doom/disaster from Isabel?

LHA