[CW] MARS and CW

[scott mcmullen]

Any of you that want to are more than welcome to join in 
the CW nets that never went away - the NTS CW nets.

Here are the ones in the West Gulf Division

Oklahoma Training Net - 5:20pm daily 7120.6 KHz
Texas CW Net/early - 7:00 pm daily 7120 KHz (freq is summer only - will revert to 3552 KHz in the
fall)
Texas Slow Net - 7:45pm daily 3552 KHz
Texas CW Net/late - 10:00 pm daily 3552 KHz

73
Scott
W5ESE
 
--- Bill Ellis <wb9cac at yahoo.com> wrote:

> WOW...I might join MARS again...loved the CW traffic nets..they sure helped develop CW skills
> fast
> 
> 
> Bill, WB9CAC/ex-ADM9CAC, AL9CAC, AAM9BG
> 
> Jim Vaughan <k4txj at arrl.net> wrote: 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.
> _____________________________________________________________________________________________
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Ring" 
> To: "CW Reflector" ; 
> 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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> >
> > -- 
> > No virus found in this incoming message.
> > Checked by AVG.
> > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.4/1475 - Release Date: 5/30/2008 
> > 2:53 PM
> >
> > 
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