"Len Over 21" wrote in part ...

Absolutely NOTHING about single side band (sic), amplified modulation
(sic) and RTTY until the 1900s.

That would make those modes about 103 years old, Len. At what point do we
start to consider them outdated?

When did the "amateur expert" Arnie Macy last take an amateur radio test?

Since I'm a VE -- I looked at the current material about a week ago.

Now, why in the hell aren't you OUT THERE as an EM person getting ready for
Isabel's destructive landfall? We can't read about Macy's marvelous savings
of the day through ham band OOK CW on the ARRL news page if you don't get
off the Internet and be ready for all those disasterous emergencies.

Well, I must say that I have been quite busy for the past two weeks. The
initial track of the storm was not looking very good for the SE United
States. Fortunately for us, we were able to miss the bullet on this one.
Of course you know that we *did* use that old stand-by Morse Code when Floyd
came calling in 1999. SSB (you know, that 103 year old technology) was just
not cutting it, so we went to CW until the condx improved. It's kinda hard
to talk with someone 250 miles away on a handi-talkie.

Arnie -