"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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Truth is, I got into MENSA because someone lost a bet and
paid for my exam and dues. I am not presently a member of
MENSA because the yearly dues exceed my threshold of pain.
But I am a member of OOTC and FISTS, #8741. :-)

Question (this is not a flame):.

1. Is the ability to decode Morse Code transmissions, in one's own wet modem
(brain), at high speed, proportional or even relevant in any possible way to
one's ability to pass a mensa test and be accepted for membership? Is mensa
membership useful? Is mensa membership a measure of Morse wet modem
throughput?

Cecil, I think you already answered all of the above as 'no'. That doesn't
mean I like the the brand of motorcycle you drive. I do not. I like BMW's
that don't require a toolkit for every 100 miles on the road.

2. Or, (as I suspect), is Morse ability only useful after you have
purchased one's HF equipment, now that one has passed the test (whose
investment you otherwise would not have made until you passed the trivial
but compulsory 5wpm test for Morse code proficiency) to have to have fun and
prevent future alien attacks?

I am an extra class op who passed 13 wpm several years ago, can do 25 wpm
now and getting better all the time just because of heavy (and fun) Morse
action on the cw sub-bands, and wanting to know what people are saying and
being able to communicate back; in fact, CW is almost as good as psk31.

3. Just the same, how much does this mensa thing cost? Is it worth a dinner
for 4?