[CW] Using American Landline Morse on the Ham Bands

[scott mcmullen]

--- On Fri, 11/26/10, D. Chester <k4kyv at charter.net> wrote:

> I seem to recall that American Morse has always been 
> legal and that 
> amateurs  had occasionally used it over the air since
> the beginning, and 
> until maybe a few years ago (probably after most of the OTs
> had gone SK), 
> there were even some American Morse nets that met regularly
> on 80m.
> 

It's not illegal and is occasionally still done. 

I found an acquaintance (N5EL) in the old 40m Novice band having a QSO 
in American morse. Identifying in International Morse, as you pointed out.

He volunteers as a docent in the telegraph room at a railroad museum, 
where he demonstrates the use of keys and sounders, and was practicing 
with an out-of-state ham who was learning the "craft". The other op
volunteers at a similar museum.

I've also heard American Morse on 80m, although I didn't recognize the
calls of the ops.

73
Scott W5ESE