D Peter Maus wrote:


So, there you have two significant and relevant, current applications
of Morse Code in the US, alone.

D Peter,

I am going to have to respectfully disagree with you.

For the VOR issue,

a) most (or at least many) pilots do not know the code (this from my
avionics days in the Air National Guard 30 years ago and my current
pilot friends)--and anyway, pilots aren't necessarily hams and thus
would not be directly affected by the current FCC issue.

b) as you say, it's on the chart.

c) they can tell the station by the frequency that they dial in; i.e.,
if they already know enough to dial in the frequency, they already know
the station).

d) many use GPS anyway

As a member of the Board of Directors for three big city repeaters , I
believe it's a real stretch to call a CW repeater ID "significant and
relevant"; I would say it's more like "incidental".

73,
Carter K8VT

P.S. I *like* CW--it's about 80% of my operating.