[CW] Using American Landline Morse on the Ham Bands

Jim Cook n5ky at q.com
Sun Nov 28 10:02:51 EST 2010


Landline Morse is alive and in use on the internet if you are interested.
Please see  http://home.comcast.net/~morsekob/   
The described interface between your computer and a sounder and bug works very well.
Or you can simply use your computer soundcard and speakers to monitor the practice "wires".
 Fun stuff.....makes a great demo.      Jim  N5KY
 
> Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 11:44:06 -0800
> From: scottamcmullen at yahoo.com
> To: cw at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [CW] Using American Landline Morse on the Ham Bands
> 
> --- 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
> 
> 
> 
> 
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