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Morris Code -plus- Continuous Wave (CW) Radio Transmission -and- Semaphore Signals ? Do They Defining Amateur Radio ?
"Jimmie D" wrote in
: The term "lid" may have originated from newbie Morse operators laying a lid on top of the relay receiver to make it easier to distinguish the dots from the dashes. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp My mother told me stories of learning morse code this way when she worked for the railroad. She then taught me morse code this way. For twenty yeasrs after that I always wanted to be a ham and finally got m ylicense at about age 35. I was fairly active for about 8 years and pretty much lost interest when my daughter was born. In the last couple of years I have been sporatially interested again but their alaways seems to be little projects and interest that pull me away from it. When I first went to work at tmy present job almost every tech that worked there was a ham. Just about all of them retired within a few years and nnd only a couple are still active on the ham bands. They pretty much all say that they just dont have time for it anymore. This is where ham radio is going, It is losing out to living. I havent gotten totally out of it yet and am occasionally involed. Usually working on an antenna project thinking I will become active again. I have been asked to assist some girl scouts in getting badges but I am having a lot of trouble finding scouts that are interested although the requirements are very minimal Yes. That's understandable. Hams these days don't want to act like hams, they like to be appliance operators. So kids don't see that CW is important and fun. All they see is hams gabbing on a microphone like any CB'er can do. SC |
Morris Code -plus- Continuous Wave (CW) Radio Transmission -and- Semaphore Signals ? Do They Defining Amateur Radio ?
Yes. That's understandable. Hams these days don't want to act like hams, they like to be appliance operators. So kids don't see that CW is important and fun. All they see is hams gabbing on a microphone like any CB'er can do. SC Actually a lot of tghe boy scouts know morse code, they still arent intersted in ham radio. |
Morris Code -plus- Continuous Wave (CW) Radio Transmission -and- Semaphore Signals ? Do They Defining Amateur Radio ?
Slow Code wrote: "Jimmie D" wrote in : Yes. That's understandable. Hams these days don't want to act like hams, they like to be appliance operators. So kids don't see that CW is important and fun. that is becuase it isn't important and fun for some it is neither but it is not important in the modern world period |
Morris Code -plus- Continuous Wave (CW) Radio Transmission -and- Semaphore Signals ? Do They Defining Amateur Radio ?
"Jimmie D" wrote in
: Yes. That's understandable. Hams these days don't want to act like hams, they like to be appliance operators. So kids don't see that CW is important and fun. All they see is hams gabbing on a microphone like any CB'er can do. SC Actually a lot of tghe boy scouts know morse code, they still arent intersted in ham radio. Some old time ham in the area needs to step in and show the scouts how ham radio and CW can save lives and help communities in emergencies. Nickle Generals & Extra's have a hard time promoting amateur radio. All they want to do is promote dumbing it down more. It's no wonder the scouts aren't interested. SC |
Morris Code -plus- Continuous Wave (CW) Radio Transmission -and- Semaphore Signals ? Do They Defining Amateur Radio ?
From: Slow Code on Mon, Aug 21 2006 4:45 pm
"Jimmie D" wrote in t: Yes. That's understandable. Hams these days don't want to act like hams, they like to be appliance operators. So kids don't see that CW is important and fun. All they see is hams gabbing on a microphone like any CB'er can do. SC Actually a lot of tghe boy scouts know morse code, they still arent intersted in ham radio. Some old time ham in the area needs to step in and show the scouts how ham radio and CW can save lives and help communities in emergencies. When are you leaving the group to go do that, "Slow?" Oh, and while you're at it, why don't you inform the group the date when amateur radio morse code saved ANYONE's life? Betcha can't do it... On 7 July 2006 the FCC released its Independent Panel report on the worst natural disaster to hit the USA, Hurricane Katrina. You can find it in the Federal Register of that date. In there you can find an objective report on how much radio amateurs helped their communities. BTW, Comments on that Report are due on or before 21 August 2006...today. Have you sent in your Comment, "Slow?" No? Nickle Generals & Extra's have a hard time promoting amateur radio. All they want to do is promote dumbing it down more. Tsk, if anyone was doing "dumbing it down more," they'd have to outdo your own retrograde, freeze-it-in-YOUR-youth ham radio, "Slow." Feel proud. You are practically a one-ham show on dumbing down the service... It's no wonder the scouts aren't interested. Tsk, you should have recited your own tale of saving the Titanic...when you were asleep on the US California... |
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Morris Code -plus- Continuous Wave (CW) Radio Transmission -and-Semaphore Signals ? Do They Defining Amateur Radio ?
Cecil Moore wrote:
The same is true of sailing ships, hot-air balloons, and horses. Do what turns you on and leave the @#$%&$ federal government out of it. -----------------REPLY BELOW----------------- Cecil has it exactly right. Bill, W6WRT -- |
Morris Code -plus- Continuous Wave (CW) Radio Transmission -and- Semaphore Signals ? Do They Defining Amateur Radio ?
Some old time ham in the area needs to step in and show the scouts
how ham radio and CW can save lives and help communities in emergencies. ===================================== In these days of mobile telephones, etc., morse code just gets in the way of emergencies. But there's nothing to prevent people who appreciate and love the language of Morse, the way it sings, its universality, its beauty, from continuing to use it way into the future. It is the beauty of Morse, in plain English, never mind the abbreviations, which boy scouts and others who show an interest should be taught to appreciate. ---- Reg, G4FGQ |
Morris Code -plus- Continuous Wave (CW) Radio Transmission -and-Semaphore Signals ? Do They Defining Amateur Radio ?
Reg Edwards wrote:
But there's nothing to prevent people who appreciate and love the language of Morse, the way it sings, its universality, its beauty, from continuing to use it way into the future. The same is true of sailing ships, hot-air balloons, and horses. Do what turns you on and leave the @#$%&$ federal government out of it. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp |
Morris Code -plus- Continuous Wave (CW) Radio Transmission -and- Semaphore Signals ? Do They Defining Amateur Radio ?
"Cecil Moore" wrote in message m... Reg Edwards wrote: But there's nothing to prevent people who appreciate and love the language of Morse, the way it sings, its universality, its beauty, from continuing to use it way into the future. The same is true of sailing ships, hot-air balloons, and horses. Do what turns you on and leave the @#$%&$ federal government out of it. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp ======================================== I like watching gleaming reciprocating stationary steam engines with 8 feet diameter flywheels. They turn me on too. The government doesn't interfere. But there's not many about these days. ;o( Turbines leave me cold! ---- Reg. |
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