[ARC5] US Morse Exam History...Commercial versus mateur (OT)

[Tim]

Hi Dave - Making ONE deliberate error in the CW transmission was a security
check - it let the submariner radioman know that NSS had not been captured
and the operator "turned" into an enemy double agent.  That was S.O.P. back
in the day.... ;o)
Tim
N6CC

On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 4:14 AM, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <
> kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
>
>
>  Well, I used the VLF Navy stations, NPM, NPG, NSS,..
>>
>
> The last time I heard VLF Morse was NSS.  Long time ago- late 1970s.  Was
> it 19 KC?
>
> They were sending "VVV DE NSS NSS NSS,"
> then they would send the "Now is the time for all good men..."
> phrase.  However, there was a random error inserted in each itteration of
> the phrase, like: "Now is the time for alf good men...." and the next one,
> "Noa is the time for...."
>
> Was this intentional, part of a "copy it exactly; don't guess"
> training or what?
>
> I miss it, too.  The communications systems we all utterly rely upon today
> are built upon a tenuous, fragile web.  Some day, Abdul or Wo Ping is
> going to burn it down for us and we'll all be back in 1831.
> Needlesssly discarding so simple, reliable and universal a system of
> communication as Morse is going to be a costly mistake.
>
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