[CW] MARS and CW

[Jim Vaughan]

Hi David,

You are not dreaming, it is real.
I talked with Chief, Navy-Marine CORPS at Dayton Hamvention and he
verified it.  I was sure glad to hear that.

73,
Jim, K4TXJ / NNN0YYT
RMC(SS), Retired.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Ring" <n1ea at arrl.net>
To: "CW Reflector" <cw at mailman.qth.net>; <MARS at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 2:59 AM
Subject: [CW] MARS and CW


> Someone sent me this.  It isn't April 1st and it's dated currently.
>
> Can anyone confirm this as real and not a hoax?
>
> 73
>
> David N1EA
>
>
>
> DE NNN0ASA ZUJ CMB06-08:
> RR NOALL
> DE  NNN0ASA 050
> R 292200Z MAY 2008
> FM CHNAVMARCORMARS WILLIAMSBURG VA
> TO  ALNAVMARCORMARS
> INFO ZEN/CHIEF ARMY MARS FT HUACHUCA AZ
> ZEN/CHIEF AIR  FORCE MARS SCOTT AFB IL
> BT
> UNCLAS
> SUBJ: CHNAVMARCORMARS BCST  06-08
> A. DRAFT RADIOTELEGRAPH PROCEDURES
> 1. WHEN I ASSUMED THE CHIEF,  NAVMARCORMARS POSITION IN NOVEMBER,
> 1997, WE WERE MORE THAN A YEAR INTO THE  DOD MANDATED BAN ON CW ON
> MARS FREQUENCIES.
> A. SINCE THAT TIME THE  FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION HAS, IN
> STEPS, ELIMINATED THE MORSE CODE  REQUIREMENT FOR AN AMATEUR LICENSE.
> ALL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATORS KNOW THAT  WHEN VOICE AND OTHER DIGITAL
> MODES SLOW TO A CRAWL OR BECOME UNUSABLE, CW  CAN STILL BE USED.
> B. I REMEMBER THE NORTHEAST ICE STORM SHORTLY AFTER I  BECAME CHIEF
> AND THE UNNECESSARILY LENGTHY EFFORT BY ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW  ENGLAND
> TO RECEIVE ONE VOICE EEI FROM A NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND MEMBER  WHOSE
> ANTENNA WAS COVERED IN ICE AND LYING ON THE GROUND. IT TOOK OVER  AN
> HOUR WHEN CW COULD HAVE HANDLED IT IN A FEW MINUTES.
> C. AS MORE AND  MORE OF OUR MEMBERS ENTER MARS WITH NO MORSE CODE
> EXPERIENCE, I AM AFRAID  THAT WE WILL SOON LOSE THAT SKILL SET IF WE
> DON'T DO SOMETHING.
> 2. IN  VIEW OF THE ABOVE AND EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, AREA AND REGION
> DIRECTORS ARE  AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH CW TRAINING AND TRAFFIC NETS IN
> THEIR RESPECTIVE  AREAS AND REGIONS. ALL STATE DIRECTORS ARE STRONGLY
> ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN  CONDUCTING TRAINING IN CW ON THEIR TRAFFIC AND
> TRAINING NETS.
> 3. SINCE  THE RADIOTELEGRAPH PROCEDURES WERE ELIMINATED BEFORE TEH
> PUBLICATION OF NTP  8(C), REF A WILL BE POSTED UNDER THE DOCUMENTS TAB
> ON THE NATIONAL WEB PAGE  SOON. USE THESE DRAFT PROCEDURES UNTIL A
> FINAL TRI-SERVICE MARS PROCEDURE  FOR RADIOTELEGRAPH IS DEVELOPED AND
> PROMULGATED.
> 4. MARS: TOGETHER WE  CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING.
> BT
> NNNN
>
> DE NNN0ASA QRU AR
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