[ARC5] "What's Old is New..."

jeepp jeepp at comcast.net
Tue Aug 8 12:56:20 EDT 2017


    
Wayne,There is currently zero interest in cw. With the wholesale implementation of the NTIA Red Book some time ago, the number of amateur radio ( hence qualified cw operators)  went way down as virtually all amateur equipment was said to be non-compliant.  By that action, CAP was able to convince the DoD that funds were necessary for new equipment, HF SSB and VHF FM.  Unlike MARS and other Govt. agencies, no waivers or accomodation (clearly available) were requested by CAP.  This still a hot political topic in many circles.Jeep K3HVG (50+ years in CAP)


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-------- Original message --------
From: Robert  Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net> 
Date: 8/8/17  12:32  (GMT-05:00) 
To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net 
Subject: [ARC5] "What's Old is New..." 


Back in the mid-70's I was surprised and disappointed to
find that the Civil Air Patrol ran its own HF radio networks, using SSB - but
that CW/Morse was not allowed without special permission from the local
commander.

One would think that such organizations would be a reservoir of
expertise in that crowbar-simple highly reliable means of communication,
but the reverse proved to be true.

Wayne
WB5WSV   


	
        
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