[CW] Morse code test
John Rippey
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Sat, 21 Jun 2003 09:36:46 -0400
Although I am not an "old hand" at CW like Greg, I agree that having a pool
of skilled CW ops will serve the nation well. The trouble is, in this
country we are not good at imagining large disasters and therefore do not
prepare for them. But I would argue that having a number of CW ops
available with low or medium power transceivers able to operate on
emergency power would be a good thing to back up the usual communications
emergency responders. A belt and suspenders approach.
So far as I know, CW is by far the most efficient and effective
communications medium over medium and long distances, and it is likely to
be there if everything else goes down.
73,
John, W3ULS