[Elecraft] Morse test elimination

[Trevor Day]

I am not sure of the current situation, but just a couple of years or so 
ago, much 'third world' maritime traffic was still CW as it was cheap 
and the equipment easily repaired etc.  I doubt that has changed much.

We can all bemoan the fate of Morse code on the amateur bands but as 
long as at least two of us can still read code, then there will always 
be someone out there to work :-)

Trev G3ZYY

In message <191728.23276.qm at web90508.mail.mud.yahoo.com>, "Fred (FL)" 
<ncsailors at yahoo.com> writes
>I guess its a sign of the times.  "Radio Rooms" are no
>longer installed on major SS maritime vessels.
>Weather
>warnings, over HF, are no longer sent out by
>government
>stations to ships at sea.  I suspect, CW intercepts of
>clandestine stations are still being handled by a
>few CW pros at a few agencies.  Dittyboppers.
>
>What ever happened to Gabriel Heater?
>
>..... oh time is passing too fast.  I just hope the
>FCC continues to nurture the technical pros in the
>ham community, this nation's technical guhrus!
>
>Fred, FL
>
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-- 
Trevor Day
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