[CW] Zen and the Art of Radiotelegraphy, English Edition !

[Radio K0HB]

In such a scenario, Dan, it doesn't matter.  We have no idea what weapons 
will be used in WW-III, but we know for sure that WW-IV will be fought with 
clubs and rocks.

73, de Hans, K0HB

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From: "DANNY DOUGLAS" <N7DC at COMCAST.NET>
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 10:54 AM
To: "CW Reflector" <cw at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [CW] Zen and the Art of Radiotelegraphy, English Edition !

> Yeah,. I understand that Hans, but not only we, but the enemy are going to
> be in the same shape, as far as satellite communications is concerned.  Im
> looking at this as a setback to communications, and in fact is the big one
> hits (solar storm - EMPs) even so-called hardened equipment is going to be
> mostly useless- because you will have little if any long range 
> propagation.
> This is not a likely event, but is possible.  At that point, I believe hf
> propagation would be the first to return, but we best have the hardened
> equipment to work with it then, and CW is likely to be the best mode, at 
> the
> first.  Ive been off the clock for almost 12 years now, so havent kept up
> with the most modern equipment/facilities/modes, but in my experience with
> the nuclear testing back in the 60s-70s and observations of the hf bands
> then, I cant see that anything else will be able to do that command job.
> Something as simple as PSK just might work, but I see it dropping in and 
> out
> under even todays propagaion conditions.   At that point, all the surface
> mounted data collectors/streams would probably be out anyway.
>
> Danny Douglas
> N7DC
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Radio K0HB" <kzerohb at gmail.com>
> To: "CW Reflector" <cw at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 11:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [CW] Zen and the Art of Radiotelegraphy, English Edition !
>
>
>>
>>> Its still messages, about movement and targeting.  Just more of it. 
>>> Same
>>> users, in the long run - the commanders.
>>
>> Not actually, Dan.
>>
>> Yes, of course, there are still messages drafted by humans and read by
>> human
>> eyes, but human-readable traffic comprises only a minor share of the
>> communications load.
>>
>> Most of the "activity" on modern Navy communications channels is data
>> streams between "machines" --- google "Aegis"  --- then imagine that
>> system
>> integrated across an entire battle group where several ships (and their
>> aircraft) share all threat, targeting, countermeasures, and weapon
>> response
>> data in real time, untouched by human "operators".
>>
>> 73, de Hans, K0HB
>>
>>
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