If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
 

Sorry... my bad... is it 35 now? I stand corrected.

Back to the chant...

If you can't do 35wpm, you should stay off the bands!!
Seriously people, think about it... do *you* want blood on your hands
because you're a slow-beepin loser?
Lives are on the line, in case you aren't paying attention.

This is serious business and requires a dedication as if it were... your
only purpose.

Unmotivated 25wpm losers need not apply.
rb




"Dave Oldridge" wrote in message
9...
"Woody" wrote in news:FYqIg.36416$NF3.28742@trnddc05:

And as previously stated, slow equals death. If you can't do 20wpm you
should stay off the bands.

20 is SLOW. But the only way to learn 35 or 40 is to learn 10, 15, 20
etc.
And the best way to do that is get on the bands and DO it instead of
making
rude noises at the people who CAN.

Phonetics on SSB are usually a lot slower than 20wpm, though.


--
Dave Oldridge+
ICQ 1800667

If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
 

Hey... you have proof I was dropped?? I've wondered for years as I just
can't remember the day I was born at all.
It kinda annoys me, but hey, I can't remember CW either, so I figure no loss
either way.
rb

Not to stray off-topic or break any rules, but you wouldn't happen to have a
50w VHF Spectra you'd want to sell or trade, would ya?


"Dave Oldridge" wrote in message
9...
"Woody" wrote in news:2_qIg.2009$pX3.1822@trnddc07:

Eh? Now you say its ok to be slow? Make up your mind will ya? People
are
dying while you decide!
rb

This gem must've come from the other brain cell. Is that the one that
took the brunt when you were dropped?

"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.



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Dave Oldridge+
ICQ 1800667

If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
 

"Dave Oldridge" wrote in message
9...
"Woody" wrote in news:i4rIg.901$N84.191@trnddc08:

So did your guy die or not?

Which one? You win some, you lose some.

Huh? How can a fast CW op *not* save a life? Have you read this thread at
all?
CW = Gift of Life.
Fast CW = Hand of God.

It's in the Extra Class manual....

And that's why I'm watching TV from a 12ghz satellite signal right now.
Putting the antenna that high makes all modes pretty much equal as far as
signal-to-noise goes.

AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGH!!
Holy crap.... I hope no one else reads that.. It'll kill the entire
Comm-Post pile we're making, and then
people will just go back to swapping radios or something. [Perish the
thought!]
rb

If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
 

The one that's looking for a VHF 50w Spectra..... hehe...

And I have to ask Dave, [and I mean seriously this time]... You really
aren't defending this thread [in this group] as
an intelligent discussion [or one that should even be here] in the first
place, are you?
rb

Radio Content:
For the acetylcholine-deficient that think I'm really trying to be a part of
this seemingly perpetual, and twisted delusion...
It's a friggin swap group.... Now sit and ponder that for just a minute....


"Dave Oldridge" wrote in message
9...
"Woody" wrote in news:cfrIg.2016$pX3.1819@trnddc07:


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....

Gee, which of your brain cells thought that one up?



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Dave Oldridge+
ICQ 1800667

If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
 

LOL.. Now that's what I'm looking for! What else ya got? Let's post each
reply twice from now on, OK?

In other news....

Stay on topic Dave.... the issue is *CW* saves lives,[or results in other
holistic happenings] ok?

I swear I've already explained that to ya...?

We've proven many posts ago that brain cells have nothing to do with ham
radio, this thread or those in it.
My fav site, www.hamsexy.com will explain it all.
rb

radio content:
I think I'd even consider an M1225 in trade, instead of the Spectra.

"Dave Oldridge" wrote in message
9...
"Woody" wrote in news:thrIg.2006$XD1.1601@trnddc01:

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?

If you had to use either of your brain cells to think of some way to FEED
a
starving Latvian would that person starve to death?


--
Dave Oldridge+
ICQ 1800667

If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
 

Bless you brother, I will indeed make it so.
Thanks for the reply!
rb

Radio content:
M1225 needs to be VHF and 40w, or I can't use it....

wrote in message
...
On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:17:21 GMT, "Woody" wrote:

Since I don't know this Robitussin guy, I really can't say anything in
reply
to this post....
rb
count that amoug so blessings
http://kb9rqz.blogspot.com/

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If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
 

Yeah, that was the problem exactly...
so I can stand on the ocean floor and see people inside the boat?
Kewl.
rb

radio content:
So what kinda radio did the boat have? I'd like to find me a nice Micom for
cheap...

wrote in message
ups.com...

Woody wrote:
I saw a C-130 fly almost directly over my house last year. Couldn't see
who
was in it though...
rb

The aluminum skin of a C130 is sort of hard to see through. The only
craft that I ever saw with a glass underbelly was a tour boat in
Florida.

But you can rest assured that neither robesin nor the CAP was flying
that C130.

If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
 

Yet as "chief operator" or ANCOIC of NMC MARS on Okinawa, he
remains
woefully ignorant of MARS. I just don't get it.

Uh, hello.... Looks like perfect qualifications for a management
position.

I like the way you think.

I usually try to avoid thought... it makes my head hurt...



Can't it be factory refurbished?

Funny thing... the stupid NASA Engineers tried to control the thing with
data bursts.... Yes, data bursts!
Can you believe those anti-CW nazis? We'd already be on Pluto if they'd
controlled it with CW.
So, sadly, no.... due to advanced technology, she's been lost....


I thought they were just to cover the beaches so the
Army doesn't get sand in their boots....

Welp, when the AF took the airplanes away from the Army in 1947...


Was it that late? I would've guess more around the late/end of the war...

Well anyway, I was just trying to stir up some jarheads with the
beaches/Army thing...

You wanna swap radios or anything?
rb

If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
 

Woody wrote:
Yeah, that was the problem exactly...
so I can stand on the ocean floor and see people inside the boat?
Kewl.
rb

radio content:
So what kinda radio did the boat have? I'd like to find me a nice Micom for
cheap...

Only robesin can tell us what kind of radio his craft carried, but even
he doesn't know.

If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
 

Woody wrote:

Yet as "chief operator" or ANCOIC of NMC MARS on Okinawa, he
remains
woefully ignorant of MARS. I just don't get it.

Uh, hello.... Looks like perfect qualifications for a management
position.

I like the way you think.

I usually try to avoid thought... it makes my head hurt...

You would have been right at home in the Morse Forever camp about 10
years ago.

Can't it be factory refurbished?

Funny thing... the stupid NASA Engineers tried to control the thing with
data bursts.... Yes, data bursts!
Can you believe those anti-CW nazis? We'd already be on Pluto if they'd
controlled it with CW.
So, sadly, no.... due to advanced technology, she's been lost....

Manual telegraphy? C'mon...

I thought they were just to cover the beaches so the
Army doesn't get sand in their boots....

Welp, when the AF took the airplanes away from the Army in 1947...

Was it that late? I would've guess more around the late/end of the war...

I wasn't there, but that's how the story went.

Well anyway, I was just trying to stir up some jarheads with the
beaches/Army thing...

I've got a lot of respect for both. Served with the 2ID at Casey, and
again with the marines and 10th mountain in somalia.

You wanna swap radios or anything?
rb

Probably not, but there is another group, rec.radio.amateur.equipment,
which is a lot like a hamfest. Except the food is better.