[CW] CW in Emergency HF Comms System...

[Stan Barr]

Hi,

kburrows <kburrows@lvp.eastlink.ca> said:
> I would think that one of the newer digital modes would
> be better than manual CW for a comms center, I find if there is a heavy
> traffic load CW is quite slow...
> 
> An example would be PSK31, it only requires very low
> power and is automatic, you could just type up the
> tfc and let it go on the PSK31 circuit, the CW could be used as an orderwire
> type of circuit if something needs
> to be exchanged between the PSK ops...(if  voice is
> not possible).  The learning curve required for the ops is
> not difficult, more people are familiar with computers than
> CW operations now (the cw ops have to be very good for the net to be
> efficient).
> 
> 
> What ever the data mode,  computer generated data would be easier than
> manual morse manipulation..
> 

In a real emergency, mebbe with only battery power, you may not have the
power budget to run a rig *and* a computer...

-- 
Cheers,
Stan Barr  stanb@dial.pipex.com

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