"N2EY" wrote


Well, I simply disagree. Most people in the USA don't really know what
Morse
code is.


I suppose that depends on what 'is' really is.

If I walk up to 100 random people over the age of 10 in a shopping mall and
ask them "what is the Morse code", I'm sure every one them would give me an
answer. You'd get answers like:

"The alphabet in dots and dashes".
"Those clicks they used to send telegrams in the cowboy movies."
"SOS"
"Those beeps and boops I used to hear on my SW receiver."
"A barrier to entry into HF amateur radio." [The devil made me say that.]
etc., etc., etc.

My point is that most people in the USA have at least a passing familiarity
with *what* Morse code is, even if they can't recite the code for each
letter/numeral.

73, de Hans, K0HB