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October 30th 05, 03:46 AM
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A Quote from Len
Iitoi wrote:
Wrote: It's also a wonderful thing to hear people of all ages on the ham bands, working each other regardless of age, gender, race, religion, etc., without prejudice or classification by same. Morse Code and the "data modes" are better for this than voice. Why are those modes "better" than voice? I think you misunderstand. Voice modes give all sorts of information about the speaker's age, gender, ethnicity, etc., which are not immediately obvious with Morse Code or "data modes". Seems that a voice conversation, under almost every circumstance, would lead to a richer exchange of information and better interperson understanding than either Morse or "data" modes. Why? Voice modes can cause the listener to focus more on who is talking and how they are talking, rather than what is being said. Voices naturally convey emotion and mood, allow an almost continuous range of emphasis, and can use different inflection to add subtle but important syntactic variations to many words. Those features can also be a weakness of voice modes. None of this is possible in Morse or "data" modes, except in some very crude ways such as emoticons. Which means the sender must concentrate on what is sent, not how it is sent. 73 de Jim, N2EY |
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