[CW] Japan to eliminate Morse Testing

[OllySteed at aol.com]

I don't have much to say other then when I tried to sign up to some  local 
ARES clubs,no one knew CW
I also was with MARS AFA1VP and I went to a meeting and everyone there  
never knew Mc-Guire AFB had a CW operator.
I was the only NJ Air-Force CW OP in the State of NJ.
CW rigs are cheap,simple to build and many used one are on ebay for a  very 
good price.
I still use my 17 yer old MFJ 5 watts CW rig and work the world with  it.
BOB
AF2Q
 

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In a message dated 5/26/2011 8:13:11 P.M. Mid-Atlantic Daylight Time,  
n1ea at arrl.net writes:

I will  continue to believe that Morse proficiency is a needed part of 
amateur radio  particularly HF radio communications and that for many - 
including myself - I  probably would have taken the easy way out and not learned 
Morse if I were  given the choice, but as has been said, when the Morse 
operator is working  Singapore and Viet Nam on Morse and I can't even hear them on 
SSB, there is a  motivation to change my skill level.

I recently learned American Morse  and I challenge myself to copy various 
recordings I have as well as the Morse  KOB java application on the web 
_http://home.comcast.net/~morsekob/_ (http://home.comcast.net/~morsekob/)   

It is always best to learn the whole alphabet and numbers before  sending 
or receiving and I haven't done this so it is frustrating.  I  should 
practice a bit more but I enjoy hearing the old press recordings click  past my 
ears at about 60 wpm.

With wire Morse there is no reason for it  to be kept alive, but it still 
exists.  With radio Morse, there is a use  that it has that hasn't been 
surpassed and it exists also.  The original  idea was that "all" hf operators 
would be able to understand Morse at least at  a slow speed.

73

DR


 
 
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