[Elecraft] ot u want lots youth to do Morse?

[Charles Harpole]

If u want many many young people to learn

and use Morse.... PUT A MORSE KEY ON THE

CEL HAND TELEPHONE for creating msm

messages.  A setting in the phone menu makes

the # key a Morse input key.  Just do that and

watch the teenagers flock to it because it is

so much faster than keyboard input and, best,

it is a SECRET language!  Hey Nokia/Martti,

r u listening?


Charles Harpole

k4vud at hotmail.com





> Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:47:53 -0400
> From: kk5f at earthlink.net
> To: k2asp at kanafi.org
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] "QRRR" (OT)
> CC: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>
> I wrote:
>
>> Its all gone now, except for a few who try to keep memories alive in the
>> only place where Morse (of some nature) is still in service (the ham bands).
>
> Phil wrote:
>
>> Not so, Mike. There are several MF/HF Public Coast Stations still on
>> the air in the US, using CW and RTTY/SITOR (commercial AMTOR) to handle
>> public correspondence with ships. Morse is not banned on the maritime
>> channels, just no longer required for distress and safety purposes.
>
> Phil, my outlook on those operations is different, though I accept your
> point that they are another venue outside ham radio where Morse operations
> take place (rarely).
>
> I'm very familiar with the wonderful efforts of RD and the others at
> www.radiomarine.org , including the several times each year that they
> do a very limited revival of operations from what's left of a couple of
> famous Pacific Coast stations, often in conjunction with some old
> Victory or Liberty museum ship whose Morse station has been activated
> for the special event.
>
> But it is all essentially a historical reenactment by historical
> preservationist groups. Bona fide profit- and safety-driven commercial
> Morse operations in the USA ended on 12 July 1999. As interesting and laudable
> as these reenactments are, they do not represent any remnant of the originals
> that continues to serve real commercial and regulatory (SOLAS) requirements.
>
> It is odd but true that the FCC will still license stations and operators for
> this service, although Second Class Radiotelegraph licenses have had greatly
> reduced Morse exam requirements for about 25 years, since the FCC allowed
> crediting the very simple Amateur Extra Morse exam to the commercial ticket.
> But the FCC also continued to offer the Aircraft Radiotelegraph Operator exam
> and endorsement for decades after the last aircraft radiotelegraph operator
> position had been eliminated, so it's anyone's guess how many decades these
> other obsolete tickets will be issued. I let mine expire 15 years ago.
>
> Mike / KK5F
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