[CW] Any commercial CW left on HF?

[scott mcmullen]

--- On Sun, 9/7/08, John Pumford-Green <gm4slv at sighthound.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Now that all the traffic from 500kHz is gone, and the loss
> of
> ship-going Radio Officers, there isn't really a body of
> skilled,
> qualified, professional morse users out there, or is there?

I believe the skill is still taught in some branches of the armed
forces, including the United States Navy, but for intelligence
gathering purposes.

There is an oblique reference to it here:

http//www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp%3fstory_id=27155
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CID Corry Station Sailors Deliver Holiday Help
Story Number: NNS061222-12
Release Date: 12/22/2006 11:29:00 AM

By Darlene Goodwin, Center for Information Dominance Public Affairs

PENSACOLA, Fla. (NNS) -- Sailors from the Center for Information Dominance (CID) Corry Station made a special delivery to the Waterfront Rescue Mission in downtown Pensacola Dec. 21, courtesy of fellow CID staff and students hoping to make the holidays brighter for homebound and homeless members of the community.

Cryptologic Technician Collection 1st Class Robert Paul and Cryptologic Technician Collection 2nd Class Lance Burney, Manual Morse Code instructors at CID's Corry Station learning site, organized the drive and collected donations of food, clothing and toiletries for delivery to the mission.



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also here:

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/05/army_enlistedchanges_070528w/

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Enlisted MOS changes
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35S (signals collector and analyst). Soldiers will be awarded SQI A upon obtaining a qualifying score in the Audio Perception Test and the Manual Morse Code Course taught at Fort Huachuca, Ariz.

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73
Scott
W5ESE