[DCboatanchors] Re: One Man's Attempt To Save Morse Code

[Bry Carling]

Very well put, Forrest!

I would like to see SPARK in action, just once in my life, 
but not use it regularly. Carrier waves interest me because 
they are a lot more narrowly focused, and seem better suited 
to the larger populations we have today.

YMMV - 73 de AF4K
VA

> I use Morse because, to me, Morse is magic.
> 
> Not that I'm all that good at it, but how else can I communicate across
> the county, state, nation, and ocean with five watts to a wire?
> 
> Were it still legal, I'd probably be communicating across the street
> and down the block using a spark set and microphonic (or crystal)
> detector built according to the 1916 classic "How  to  Become  a
> Wireless  Operator" from the September 1916 Popular Science Monthly!
> (http://earlyradiohistory.us/1916am.htm) 
> 
> Just because a technology has been superseded does not make it either
> useless or unusable!
>  
> 
> Forrest B. Snyder, Jr.
> Senior Engineer
> N4UTY
> "Morse: Sure, it's 1844 technology.  But it's GOOD 1844 technology!"
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dcboatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bry Carling
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 9:05 AM
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> Subject: [DCboatanchors] Re: One Man's Attempt To Save Morse Code
> 
> Boy Doc,
> 
> It sounds like SOMEONE got out the wrong side of the bed 
> this morning!!
> 
> There is nothing quite like code.  I have done it all except 
> for EME, and I come back time and again to Samuel "F.B."
> Morse's favourite mode!  I don't know why, I just love it,
> and others who don't share that passion will never know 
> what it means!
> 
> For one thing it means you can almost always get a QSO 
> even when you have a lousy antenna, low power and the 
> bands are dead (for me at least!)
> 
> I didn't send this to divide us over CW, folks - just to show all of us
> that 
> our beloved amateur radio in all of its historical glory was in the
> WSJ.
> 
> Would I compolain about it if the focus was on SSB or EME?
> I doubt it! United we stand, divided we.... grumble.
> 
> Eat some Wheaties and don't worry, be happy!
> 
> 73 de AF4K
> 
> > Nothing wrong with using code, though it may be instructive
> > that it required a government mandate to continue to be
> > popular.  It is now on an equal plane with the other modes,
> > a free versus a compelled choice. Freedom is good.
> > 
> > Perhaps he should broaden his experiential horizons?
> > 
> > He used to fly model rockets, why not try stuffing a
> > tiny ATV camera into one and see what he can see?
> > 
> > Or bounce signals off the moon and satellites?
> > 
> > Or help with the all-RF HF E-mail project for post-
> > disaster comms?
> > 
> > Or one of the many many exciting avenues available to
> > Hams.
> > 
> > How sad when such a bright man cannot see beyond a
> > single operating mode and would give up on a wonderful
> > hobby when other Hams choose to be more versatile and
> > creative rather than lock-down into a solitary mode.
> > 
> > > This made the front page of the Wall Street Journal!
> > > 
> > > One Man's Attempt To Save Morse Code
> > > 
> > > A great, in-depth article explaining the validity and 
> > > the continuing importance CW!
> > > 
> > > You can view the article on line today at:
> > > http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB119161604206850468.html
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> > Thanks! & 73, doc, KD4E
> > Personal: http://bibleseven.com/kd4e.html
> > 
> 
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