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If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Excellent point!
? rb "Dave Oldridge" wrote in message 9... "Woody" wrote in news:gDKIg.7926$Xl5.5330@trnddc06: "Dave Oldridge" wrote in message 9... "Woody" wrote in news:i4rIg.901$N84.191@trnddc08: So did your guy die or not? Which one? You win some, you lose some. Huh? How can a fast CW op *not* save a life? Have you read this thread at all? CW = Gift of Life. Fast CW = Hand of God. Where did anyone actually say that in this thread? It's in the Extra Class manual.... And that's why I'm watching TV from a 12ghz satellite signal right now. Putting the antenna that high makes all modes pretty much equal as far as signal-to-noise goes. AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGH!! Holy crap.... I hope no one else reads that.. It'll kill the entire Comm-Post pile we're making, and then people will just go back to swapping radios or something. [Perish the thought!] rb Well, at the moment my radio is on 3729 LSB. But it will shortly be on 3652 CW. -- Dave Oldridge+ ICQ 1800667 |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
If you'll check the address bar when you reply, you might notice that you're
posting in a swap group, scanner group, policy group, and antenna group.... IOW, you're just as guilty as the rest of us. :-) rb "Dave Oldridge" wrote in message 9... "Woody" wrote in news:2QKIg.7929$Xl5.2566@trnddc06: The one that's looking for a VHF 50w Spectra..... hehe... And I have to ask Dave, [and I mean seriously this time]... You really aren't defending this thread [in this group] as an intelligent discussion [or one that should even be here] in the first place, are you? Nope. It's not about antennas, so that makes it off topic in the group I'm posting in. -- Dave Oldridge+ ICQ 1800667 |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Who's gonna see a single want ad in 300 postings about nothing?
Who wants to pilfer 300 postings about nothing to find a sale ad? On the Somalia thing, Do you mean extremists/terrorists that claim to follow Islam, or just basic Islamists? It looks like you mean the former. Please understand that Al Qaeda is a group of terrorists/extremists, it doesn't matter what religion they claim to follow. rb wrote in message ups.com... Woody wrote: wrote in message ups.com... Woody wrote: Manual telegraphy? C'mon... You do realize I'm a disgruntled radio swap group, off-topic, post bombing loser, right? I'm just thinking this would be a great place for a radio swap group, that's all. Everything I say is usually in sarcasm.....just to add stupidity to the stupidty.... I've given up though and I'm going back to ebay... Alright. List your stuff. Maybe someone is interested. I've got a lot of respect for both. Served with the 2ID at Casey, and again with the marines and 10th mountain in somalia. Big Ol' Kudos to you bro. Somalians suck. I think there are indeed places that qualify as Fourth-world countries. Somalia, Nigeria, etc... LOL.. rb It sucked. Just got a message on the somalia reflector today. Seems the al qaida is well liked in somalia because the country has been through 15 years of chaos and lawlessness, and the islamists are now imposing their law. I guess any law is better than none. Reminds me, in part, how hitler came to power. |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Woody wrote:
Since I don't know this Robitussin guy, I really can't say anything in reply to this post.... rb All you have to do (if you've got about 8 hours to spare) is go through Google archives since before they bought it from DejaNews several years ago. "Robitussin" has thousands of postings in the same venal manner he continues to use... especially his self-promotion as heroic USMC veteran which he has never, ever proved through any third-party references, digitized documents, or much of anything else other than his own AOL home page and self-description on QRZ. He is clearly into his own fantasy of imagined superpowers without the aid of Stan Lee. :-) |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Woody wrote:
So you guys got sidetracked and missed the CW call so both your guys died. You are the weakest link. Goodbye. rb wrote in message oups.com... rom: on Thurs, Aug 24 2006 6:39 pm "Sidetracked?!?" :-) I put this message into the Captain ARRL Superpower Decryption machine and the machine broke down. Last I looked (which was yesterday) there were NO Public Safety radio services which used "CW" for either "life-saving" or distress calls. The USCG doesn't monitor the OLD 500 KHz international maritime distress and safety frequency any more. International Civil Aviation Organization long ago stopped any need for carrying "CW"-proficient air crew on over-ocean flights. This "vital need" of maintaining a "pool of trained (morsemen) operators" in the mighty amateur radio (militia?) ranks is a wigment of olde-tyme morsemen's imagination. In truth, I haven't checked out the Civil Air Patrol. Maybe they have some kind of "need" for morsemen even though they use 121.5 MHz for emergencies just like all the CIVIL airways do. [transponder squawk to 77 or 7700 if that is installed; 243 MHz if a REAL military aircraft] We'll have to see what the "pilot in command" of a TN CAP two-seater has to say on that...if he isn't "busy" with his "life-saving air patrols." :-) |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that persondie?
George Orwell wrote:
Al Klein said: Eliminating a requirement is dumbing things down. But no one would expect you to be able to understand that. Well, let me ask, from the point of view of a potential noob to the hobby. What use is the code requirements? The 'use' is something you just can't understand. The 'use' is a commitment of time and talent which adds value to the license. The 'use' is investment. Balance of original post has been REDACTED. |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Dave wrote:
George Orwell wrote: Al Klein said: Eliminating a requirement is dumbing things down. But no one would expect you to be able to understand that. Well, let me ask, from the point of view of a potential noob to the hobby. What use is the code requirements? The 'use' is something you just can't understand. The 'use' is a commitment of time and talent which adds value to the license. The 'use' is investment. the use is hazing why not just coem out and say that Balance of original post has been REDACTED. |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Dave wrote:
George Orwell wrote: Al Klein said: Eliminating a requirement is dumbing things down. But no one would expect you to be able to understand that. Well, let me ask, from the point of view of a potential noob to the hobby. What use is the code requirements? The 'use' is something you just can't understand. The 'use' is a commitment of time and talent which adds value to the license. The 'use' is investment. In other words, you just can't come up with a valid reason other than some emotional-traditional one, can you? What is the return on that "investment?" Being good enough to do 1930s radio operating? In a diversified HOBBY? What you really seem to be saying is that "everyone has to do it because you did it...so there, nyah, nyah..." :-) Balance of original post has been REDACTED. You have been redacted. You have been rejected. You have been inducted. Here's a news flash: The job of the FCC (the agency that grants amateur radio licenses...and hundreds of others...) is to regulate and mitigate all USA civil radio. It does not tailor ham tests to some nebulous "tradition" of the Archaic Radiotelegraphy Society (ARS). I.E., it has no reason to demand anyone take a manual morse code test except under the lobbying by the ARRL. If you want to "preserve" the ARS as requiring morsemanship for all privileges below 30 MHz, then you need to make up a Petition and submit it to the FCC. You can even ask them to RENAME the ARS to Archaic Radiotelegraphy Society. The FCC allows such petitioning. They even explain how to do it on their website. Tell the FCC that you insist on maintaining 1930s standards of radio communication well beyond 2030 by keeping that morse code test forever and ever. The ARRL will love you for it. Go for it! |
If you had to use CW..., would Robesin still be an idiot?
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If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that persondie?
I'll say it again ... INVESTMENT!!
If an activity is to have value it must have INVESTMENT. Whether it be Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Little League coach, Soccer MOM, fishing, poker playing, or just watching tv. All require INVESTMENT if it is to have value. If you don't/can't make the INVESTMENT, find something else to become involved with. It has nothing to do with hazing. - - - an old friend wrote: Dave wrote: George Orwell wrote: Al Klein said: Eliminating a requirement is dumbing things down. But no one would expect you to be able to understand that. Well, let me ask, from the point of view of a potential noob to the hobby. What use is the code requirements? The 'use' is something you just can't understand. The 'use' is a commitment of time and talent which adds value to the license. The 'use' is investment. the use is hazing why not just coem out and say that Balance of original post has been REDACTED. |
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