[CW] future of CW

Sat, 2 Aug 2003 13:14:33 -0400

Retired means it is no longer in active use, however it can be used if
needed.

BANNED means that any use is forbidden and that there would be legal
sanctions for its use.

A RETIRED motion picture - like Bambi - can be shown again.

A BANNED (used to have them!) cannot be shown - and if shown will have legal
actions taken.

Much of the "anti-code" information on NCI's site is twisted for their own
use.

They are obviously taking what has become a common tactic today.

They know that decent people don't lie and by this they understand that
decent people mean that twisting things so that they look unattractive, or
worse is wrong.  Decent people also will admit weaknesses in their position.
Groups like NCI (No Code International) seem to actually depend on others to
do this.  This is happening elsewhere in the other battles of our society -
chiefly by a organization with communist roots (admittedly) who has an
agenda of destroying our society, especially our meaning of marriage and
correct behavior.

Yes, the quote you give about "more modern communications" is the very same
one that we Radio Officers fought against in the 1980s and 1990s.

modern, reliable, accurate, faster and efficient
>      means of communication

Those against us, tried to say we were "old fashioned"
We parried - so is electric horn on your car, but it works very well and can
save your life.

Accurate - I have seen very few errors in TELEGRAMS as the operators used an
"adaptive error correction" system.  Operators asked for confirmation when
they were unsure - all commercial ships and land stations were fully
duplex - they could continuously hear the other station - not just when the
key was up.  Receiving and transmiting equipment systems was completely
independent and used separate frequencies and antennas.  We could hear while
transmitting and transmit while hearing - just like a telephone
conversation.

Faster - it is true that other modern communications types arefaster, but
how much did you have to say in a distress?

Efficient?  Radio is very efficient for broadcasting - more so than
satellite and undersea cable.  CW is the most efficient type of radio
communications.

Of course, being an honest man, I will admit that CW is not the speed king.
It hasn't been for a long while, but it was recognized as being excellent
for the job it did in the maritime world.

The only problem was - the ship owners wanted to get rid of a paycheck for
"Sparks" - they admit this - it is in the International Maritime
Organization (UN) documents.

The ONLY reason maritime communications got rid of cw was to reduce manning
and save money.  (A second reading is suggested of this line...)  However,
later in the "get rid of CW war", people started to lie about CW just to
kill it.  One such lie was the United States Coast Guard's statement that CW
only worked for 100 miles no matter under any conditions.  (Quite a
twist...)  Of course, they also had unshown documents showing that they
could cover 300 miles from their stations under any conditions.  Under usual
conditions the distance was 1200 miles day and 6000 miles night on 500 kHz -
and worldwide on shortwave.

However, this information has been "revised" by those with the agenda of
getting rid of CW.

They've already attempted to re-write history, but there are too many of us
who know history.
So they will pounce and grab.

73

DR

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronald KA4INM Youvan" <[email protected]>
To: "cw" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: [CW] future of CW

>    I am being confused by parts of this thread.
> banned and retired not to be used, both sound
> about the same to me.
>
>   I looked at the NO CODE INTERNATIONAL web site and
> it looks like these folks have an opinion and most of
> the things I have read seem like a normal opinion except:
> <
> 2.  Manual radiotelegraphy communications has been superceded
>      by more modern, reliable, accurate, faster and efficient
>      means of communication.
>    ( superceded is actually spelled superseded )
>  >
>    This is wrong, more EASY is closer to the truth.
> <
>
>    Their focus is totally upon the REQUIREMENT to learn Morse code.
> I understand this, I found it impossible to learn Morse code by my self.
> There is no mention of how much fun it is once you have learned it.
> (I assume this is because none of THEM have learned Morse code)
> I don't see why anyone that has learned Morse code would wish to
> belong to their origination.
>
>    There is no indication about Morse code being GOOD for HAM Radio
> or emergency communications.   Sol (our sun) could eject an unusual
> amount of matter while it is aimed at Earth and destroy every man
> made satellite and all other communication for weeks.  Without Morse
> code (and HAMS with big amplifiers, normally used only for SSB)
> there could be NO communications on earth.
> Remember our recorded history of such events goes back less than
> 100 years, we have no idea how often this been occurred in the past.
> (a few earth orbiting satellites have been destroyed by sol's eruptions)
>
> > The ONLY one who is saying that code has been banned is NCI.  Read the
> > message, MARS says that they've retired the use of morse.
> --
>         73 (= Best Regards) de: Ron [email protected]
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