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December 16th 05, 11:49 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.policy

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I'm finally getting the picture. Jim asks the question if it is
possible to "serve in other ways?"

You're finally beginning to catch on!

It's just a plain, simple question.

Not that HE served in other ways, mind you, but "other people may have
served in other ways."

No. The question is whether someone can serve our country
in ways other than military service.

W6TTB introduced his method in the 50's (that is, 1950's).

Farnsworth. Introduced his method in the 1950's, 110 years or so after
Morse, about the same time that the military and civilian world was
abandoning Morse.

Except he didn't invent it and never claimed to. You can find
descriptions
of his method at least as far back as Thomas Edison, who describes it
in his writing about how to learn the code (Edison was a telegrapher).

Farnsworth just popularized it and his name stuck. He was blind, btw.

The ARRL begins implementing Farnsworth w/o notice
in the late 80's, makes a public notice about 10 years later.

No, that's not how it happened at all.

W1AW code practice was using the Farnsworth method at least back to
1965, and probably even earlier. The 5, 7-1/2 and 10 wpm code practice
runs then and now were/are sent with Farnsworth spacing.

It's better than the callsign tattooed across the knuckles
of each hand...

Jim has tatoos?

Nope. Not a one.

"A Morse Code Exam would be a Barrier to Morse Code Use."

Who wrote that? I sure didn't.

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