Jerry wrote:

Contacts like that still help maintain receiving skill. That's important
if you ever have to use CW to save a life.
but it will never happen since there is no one to send the distress
call
SC
http://kb9rqz.blogspot.com/


Oh, really????
How about THIS one? (QRZ) and a newstory from England?

Quote
Morse code used in rescue!

London, 20 October/GNN/ -- MARITIME AND COASTGUARD AGENCY News Release
(Press Notice: 368_06) issued by The Government News Network on 20 October
2006

Yesterday afternoon just after 5.30pm Hayling Island Coastguard team
member, Steve Mann, witnessed what he thought was a SOS message flashed by
torchlight towards the Control Tower at Hayling Island Sailing Club. Steve
responded to the SOS message by switching the lights on and off in the
Control Tower.

I would bet that the person flashing SOS knows little, or no morse code other
than SOS.

This, as an argument for hams using CW, is kind of like "mayday" being an
argument for hams being conversant in French.

-Chuck

Chuck Harris wrote:
Jerry wrote:

Contacts like that still help maintain receiving skill. That's
important
if you ever have to use CW to save a life.

but it will never happen since there is no one to send the distress
call

SC

http://kb9rqz.blogspot.com/



Oh, really????
How about THIS one? (QRZ) and a newstory from England?

Quote
Morse code used in rescue!

London, 20 October/GNN/ -- MARITIME AND COASTGUARD AGENCY News
Release (Press Notice: 368_06) issued by The Government News Network
on 20 October 2006

Yesterday afternoon just after 5.30pm Hayling Island Coastguard
team member, Steve Mann, witnessed what he thought was a SOS message
flashed by torchlight towards the Control Tower at Hayling Island
Sailing Club. Steve responded to the SOS message by switching the
lights on and off in the Control Tower.


I would bet that the person flashing SOS knows little, or no morse code
other
than SOS.

This, as an argument for hams using CW, is kind of like "mayday" being an
argument for hams being conversant in French.

-Chuck


Sacre bleu!

Avec des frites!

Le Grande fromage!

Over.

Chuck Harris wrote in
:

Jerry wrote:

Contacts like that still help maintain receiving skill. That's
important if you ever have to use CW to save a life.
but it will never happen since there is no one to send the distress
call
SC
http://kb9rqz.blogspot.com/


Oh, really????
How about THIS one? (QRZ) and a newstory from England?

Quote
Morse code used in rescue!

London, 20 October/GNN/ -- MARITIME AND COASTGUARD AGENCY News
Release
(Press Notice: 368_06) issued by The Government News Network on 20
October 2006

Yesterday afternoon just after 5.30pm Hayling Island Coastguard
team
member, Steve Mann, witnessed what he thought was a SOS message flashed
by torchlight towards the Control Tower at Hayling Island Sailing Club.
Steve responded to the SOS message by switching the lights on and off
in the Control Tower.

I would bet that the person flashing SOS knows little, or no morse code
other than SOS.

This, as an argument for hams using CW, is kind of like "mayday" being
an argument for hams being conversant in French.

-Chuck


Spoken like a true "I-Hate-CW" Whiner. Why you even worried about it
anyway, you don't even have a welfare license.

SC

Slow Code wrote:
Chuck Harris wrote in

I would bet that the person flashing SOS knows little, or no morse code
other than SOS.

This, as an argument for hams using CW, is kind of like "mayday" being
an argument for hams being conversant in French.

-Chuck


Spoken like a true "I-Hate-CW" Whiner. Why you even worried about it
anyway, you don't even have a welfare license.

Actually, I have held an advanced class ticket for more than 30 years.

I took my test at 1919 M Street, NW? Washington, DC. Under the watchful
eye of an FCC examiner. My code test came off of an old signal corps
paper tape driven code practice machine. The key they gave me to use was
from the same set.

My receiving speed was somewhere around 40wpm, and my sending sucks rope.
I never could master an Iambic keyer.

-Chuck

Chuck Harris wrote in
:

Slow Code wrote:
Chuck Harris wrote in

I would bet that the person flashing SOS knows little, or no morse
code other than SOS.

This, as an argument for hams using CW, is kind of like "mayday" being
an argument for hams being conversant in French.

-Chuck


Spoken like a true "I-Hate-CW" Whiner. Why you even worried about it
anyway, you don't even have a welfare license.

Actually, I have held an advanced class ticket for more than 30 years.

I took my test at 1919 M Street, NW? Washington, DC. Under the watchful
eye of an FCC examiner. My code test came off of an old signal corps
paper tape driven code practice machine. The key they gave me to use
was from the same set.

My receiving speed was somewhere around 40wpm, and my sending sucks
rope. I never could master an Iambic keyer.

-Chuck


Once you master the electronic key you'll wonder how you ever got by
without one. I used a straight key for years and then got an electronic
one. It made code more fun. I tried a bug once, but after using the
electronic key I lost my timing on the side to side stuff.

One thing for sure in the maritime story above, someone did know morse,
and the rescuers probably weren't going to wait for a full message after
the sos. they would start the rescue right away, they didn't need to see a
message.

SC

Slow Code wrote:
Chuck Harris wrote in
:



Once you master the electronic key you'll wonder how you ever got by
without one. I used a straight key for years and then got an electronic
one. It made code more fun. I tried a bug once, but after using the
electronic key I lost my timing on the side to side stuff.

meaning you can't use CW MANUALY and you demand of me

an_old_friend

I'm very tired of your whining. No-one is demanding anything of you except to
stop whining. If you can't copy CW then give it up!

an_old_friend wrote:

Slow Code wrote:

Chuck Harris wrote in
:



Once you master the electronic key you'll wonder how you ever got by
without one. I used a straight key for years and then got an electronic
one. It made code more fun. I tried a bug once, but after using the
electronic key I lost my timing on the side to side stuff.


meaning you can't use CW MANUALY and you demand of me

"Markie in the Darkie" wrote in
oups.com:


Slow Code wrote:
Chuck Harris wrote in
:



Once you master the electronic key you'll wonder how you ever got by
without one. I used a straight key for years and then got an
electronic one. It made code more fun. I tried a bug once, but after
using the electronic key I lost my timing on the side to side stuff.

meaning you can't use CW MANUALY and you demand of me


Markie you blithering idiot. You're against being a knowledgable ham so
bad you have no clue what I was even talking about.

SC