On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 13:46:46 -0500, Key Largo wrote
(in message pYYgb.58797$Ms2.28397@fed1read03):

Anyone who would be posting with their REAL callsign would not be stirring
up fights with
anyone on a newsgroup, would they? Or course not.

Believe me -- even if you do not flame or stir up a fight,
Even if you are very diplomatic in taking exceptions.
Or if you are female.
The nuts will sooner or later come after you.

Anon In Key Largo


Most of them can't - they're impotent.



Gray Shockley
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Vicksburg, MS US

The U.S. Coast Guard ceased Morse operations several years ago and no
longer monitors radio frequencies used for the code.

``There's no government facility listening,'' he said.

``There's no government facility listening,'' he said.

The CIA is.

Bill, K5BY

On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 21:20:15 -0500, WShoots1 wrote
(in message ):

``There's no government facility listening,'' he said.

The CIA is.

Bill, K5BY


But only as a hobby.



Gray Shockley
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DX-392 DX-398
RX-320 DX-399
CCradio w/RS Loop
Torus Tuner (3-13 MHz)
Select-A-Tenna
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Vicksburg, MS US

No, they don't do that. The NSA is in the business of electronic
surveillance.


"WShoots1" wrote in message
...
``There's no government facility listening,'' he said.

The CIA is.

Bill, K5BY

No, they don't do that. The NSA is in the business of electronic
surveillance.

The CIA has, in the past, hired CW monitors. With the high CW skills of the
Russians and Chinese, I'd bet they still have those CW people.

I'd heard, too, that the US Navy is thinking of restoring CW capability.

Bill, K5BY

(WShoots1) wrote in message ...
No, they don't do that. The NSA is in the business of electronic
surveillance.

The CIA has, in the past, hired CW monitors. With the high CW skills of the
Russians and Chinese, I'd bet they still have those CW people.

I'd heard, too, that the US Navy is thinking of restoring CW capability.

Bill, K5BY

Heck, the US Navy tried to hire me at a hamfest back in the 80's. They
wanted me to go to cryptology school. Why? Because I'm so dang fast at
morse code. Thats all they cared about. When they found out how fast I
could go, they tried everything in the book to lure me in. I'm telling
you, the recruiters were drooling at the mouths. They promised me a
grade of E-7 petty officer to start off. But you had to serve a
minimum of 8 years, and I was paranoid to get tied down that long. I
was also paranoid of being stuck in some codebreaker hut out in the
middle of nowhere, or stuck on a stinky ass ship or sub for months on
end. I wished I had gone for it now. I would have retired last year at
the ripe ole age of 45-46, if I served a full 20 years, with a pretty
decent pension. Dumbass mistake I made.. But when you are in your 20's
, you don't always think straight. I was fairly sure I would end up
being a rock star. "no joke" I play geetar and drums...With the path I
ended up taking, I'll be lucky if I ever can afford to retire. I could
probably still be a rock star if I really wanted to, but now I'm too
old to enjoy it. MK