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If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
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On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:06:55 GMT, (Dirk) wrote: Ham's care more about operating appliances than knowing how to save a lives. :-( ------------ REPLY SEPARATOR ------------ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 / / / / / / / / TROLL-O-METER Bill, W6WRT |
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If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ TROLL-O-METER Bill, W6WRT There I fixed it for you |
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If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Uh oh! Now a battle of the troll-o-meters...
Really cute, Bill...I love it. 73, Steve, K9DCI P.S. I tilted my monitor and I see that this movement is a little out of balance on the sides. End-to-end balance is ok. Carefully turn the balance weight on the right side in a little, then it'll sit on zero regardless of the orientation... "R. Scott" wrote in message ... ------------ REPLY SEPARATOR ------------ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ TROLL-O-METER Bill, W6WRT There I fixed it for you |
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If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Steve N. wrote: Uh oh! Now a battle of the troll-o-meters... Really cute, Bill...I love it. 73, Steve, K9DCI P.S. I tilted my monitor and I see that this movement is a little out of balance on the sides. End-to-end balance is ok. Carefully turn the balance weight on the right side in a little, then it'll sit on zero regardless of the orientation... Press the degauss button. The needle will let go. "R. Scott" wrote in message ... ------------ REPLY SEPARATOR ------------ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ TROLL-O-METER Bill, W6WRT There I fixed it for you |
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If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
"Alun L. Palmer" wrote in message
. .. wrote in s.com: If you asked the same question to someone who had only passed 5 wpm and then, like me, never used it, then I suspect the victim wouldn't make it. But then in most countries there is NO morse code testing any more, so there are plenty of hams now who've never learnt atall. For decades there have been no code VHF hams in most countries anyway. To "some" extent, I "may" have to disagree. I held a class once for "No Code Tech" and one of the guys - a man in his 70s asked if he could go for the code test even though I wasn't teaching code. He said he had learned it years ago in the service - but may be rusty. Let me tell you - when he was done testing, he had PERFECT copy. Was he practicing all along? We'll never know - nor did I ask. He has since passed on. Some people DO have a good memory and retain quite well. Others - lose things almost immediately if not used. Some of us, it takes a while to lose it and we usually do. Lou |
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If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
"clfe" wrote in
: "Alun L. Palmer" wrote in message . .. wrote in s.com: If you asked the same question to someone who had only passed 5 wpm and then, like me, never used it, then I suspect the victim wouldn't make it. But then in most countries there is NO morse code testing any more, so there are plenty of hams now who've never learnt atall. For decades there have been no code VHF hams in most countries anyway. To "some" extent, I "may" have to disagree. I held a class once for "No Code Tech" and one of the guys - a man in his 70s asked if he could go for the code test even though I wasn't teaching code. He said he had learned it years ago in the service - but may be rusty. Let me tell you - when he was done testing, he had PERFECT copy. Was he practicing all along? We'll never know - nor did I ask. He has since passed on. Some people DO have a good memory and retain quite well. Others - lose things almost immediately if not used. Some of us, it takes a while to lose it and we usually do. Lou It is possible that someone could learn at 5wpm, not use it for years, and still be able to use it, but I wouldn't want to bet my life on it. More to the point is I can't magine a scenario in which CW would be the only mode available, and that hams are about the only remaining users of CW. |
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If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
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Palmer" wrote: Assuming some weird contrived scenario where I had the equipment to send CW but not phone, it would depend what frequencies it worked on. I think this is the nature of the premise on which the original post was based. Compare it to a similar situation, where a film camera user is debating a digital camera user: "If you came upon a drowning man, and you had to choose whether to save him or photograph his demise, what kind of film would you use?" |
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If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
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On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 20:04:06 GMT, "R. Scott" wrote: ------------ REPLY SEPARATOR ------------ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ TROLL-O-METER Bill, W6WRT There I fixed it for you ------------ REPLY SEPARATOR ------------ I think you just unplugged your trolltenna. Bill, W6WRT |
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