If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
It's all in the same language... Eastern Deuphus.
rb "Phil Wheeler" wrote in message ... Cecil Moore wrote: Al Klein wrote: As I said in another post, try that in Turkish. Or Latvian. Or any other language you don't know a single word of. Sorry, you first challenged me to do that in Spanish. I have proved beyond any doubt that I can do that. Your need to suddenly change languages on me speaks volumes. But in what language? ;) |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
And as previously stated, slow equals death. If you can't do 20wpm you
should stay off the bands. rb "Dave Oldridge" wrote in message 9... Al Klein wrote in : On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:54:37 GMT, "Woody" wrote: "Dave Oldridge" wrote in message .159... For CW to be effective, both operators must be competent. IF they are, they can often transcend barriers of language that only digital modes can get over. In my own case, the fact that I could read CW and read written Spanish a bit once enabled me to render aid to a burning fishing boat. (There were other more routine examples of where the language barrier was crossed by CW--many messages I copied were not in English at all, but were readable by their end recipients). OK.... so by your own words, CW still didn't save a life... CW mixed with bad Spanish passed a message. So now we'll have to add a Spanish test. Thanks a lot. I think you missed the point. Even if you didn't know "ola" from "adios", you can copy Spanish in CW and hand it to the recipient, who can read it. Try that with a mic. As for the language thing.... I can copy voice language and hand it off to another native just as easy and they'll figure it out too. No CW necessary. Really? You can write a spoken language you don't understand well enough to be read by someone who understands it? Maybe. Maybe not. In CW, you can. I can do it (and have done so) using phonetics. But that's SLOWER than CW. -- Dave Oldridge+ ICQ 1800667 |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Eh? Now you say its ok to be slow? Make up your mind will ya? People are
dying while you decide! rb "Al Klein" wrote in message ... On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:22:21 GMT, Dave Oldridge wrote: Al Klein wrote in m: Really? You can write a spoken language you don't understand well enough to be read by someone who understands it? Maybe. Maybe not. In CW, you can. I can do it (and have done so) using phonetics. But that's SLOWER than CW. You're preaching to the choir, Dave. I've had to handle foreign language traffic phonetically by voice and by CW - and I much prefer CW for that kind of work, even though I prefer voice for most rag-chewing. As you say, needing it spelled out is quite slow. |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
"Dave Oldridge" wrote in message . .. Not an exact date, though it's probably in the archives of the Canadian Coast Guard, my employer at the time. Bam... burnin' beepin' ball of fire trailing smoke to the white bubbly patch in the ocean.... [next to the beepin' burnin' boat]... Let's get with it people.... are we have a commercial radio argument or an amateur radio argument??? If commercial then we all agree, argument is moot. If amateur, it doesn't matter as it's just a hobby, argument is moot. Make up your mind folks. Either this is a stupid argument or it's a stupid point to argue. [hint: its the one that's stupid] rb |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
So did your guy die or not?
rb "Dee Flint" wrote in message . .. "Dave Oldridge" wrote in message . .. [snip] Now, today, we have such things a PSK31 to do much of the grunt work. That will work as well as CW in most cases, I find. Don't forget thought that solar flares and especially the aurora they create induce a phase shift in signals and that wipes out PSK31. Dee, N8UZE |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
I thought it was illegal to change modes during the EMF stage... ??
You should be able to remodulate your carrier to offset the gravimetric effect on the signal as it nears subspace. I scavenged a modulator wheel from an electronic piano and work it with the left hand whilst straight-keying with my right, as obviously this can't be done with a keyer or bug of any kind. Manual manipulation of each character's component time/phase is a must to get a synch. rb "Dave Oldridge" wrote in message 9... "Dee Flint" wrote in : "Dave Oldridge" wrote in message . .. [snip] Now, today, we have such things a PSK31 to do much of the grunt work. That will work as well as CW in most cases, I find. Don't forget thought that solar flares and especially the aurora they create induce a phase shift in signals and that wipes out PSK31. True, I've never had much success during 2 metere aurora openings with anything BUT CW. It ain't CW by the time it gets to the other end, but it's still readable there. -- Dave Oldridge+ ICQ 1800667 |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
wrote in message ... On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:22:53 GMT, Dave Oldridge wrote: where did you encounter total stupidity? I missed it I saw someone Uhhhh...... Start with the OP and read to this point or beyond.... rb |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Good call. Admit nothing, deny everything.
Hey, if you had to use CW to make chicken salad for a starving Latvian, would that person starve to death? rb I'm not responsible for your perceptual difficulties. -- Dave Oldridge+ ICQ 1800667 |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Never ever saw a
CAP in a flight suit before robesin's well advertised home page Big blue jumpsuits... never seen anything else... , and a male nurses uniform. Wanna explain what a male nurses uniform is?? Thought he had a "killer" job as a male nurse? Wow, that sounds rather condescending.... Oh, I don't know. After a hard day behind the microphone, he's got that 1,000 yard stare. Yeah, those "real" radio ops really have it tough, don't they? There should be a reality show called "Two-Way Trauma: Life in the radio room." rb |
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