[Elecraft] OT: Decoding high speed CW

[Walter Underwood]

I know about KSM, but that isn’t a commercial enterprise or even a nonprofit full-time job.

My dad volunteered as a blacksmith some weekends at the old Texas exhibit at the Fort Worth Zoo. But it wasn’t a job. He really enjoyed it.

wunder
K6WRU
Walter Underwood
CM87wj
http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)

> On Mar 29, 2016, at 6:44 PM, Phil Kane <k2asp at kanafi.org> wrote:
> 
> On 3/29/2016 5:49 PM, Walter Underwood wrote:
> 
>> As far as I can tell, Morse is entirely a hobby now. Maritime radio
>> stopped monitoring Morse on 12 July 1999. I did some searches and I
>> don’t think the US military offers a Morse skill rating now.
> 
> Manual Morse is still alive in the Maritime Services through Public
> Coast Station KSM, the former RCA Coast Station KPH,  with receivers in
> Point Reyes, CA and transmitters in Bolinas, CA.  It is owned by the
> National Park Service and operated by the Maritime Radio Historical
> Society with properly-licensed operators.  We operate on weekends, on
> genuine restored coast station equipment, and there are still several
> vessels that use Manual Morse for traffic.  We accept message traffic at
> no cost - we're funded by grants from the Park Service and member
> donations.  And we still keep "Silent Period" watch on 500 KC as in the
> "good old days".  We also operate a ham station on several HF bands  -
> at full legal power - licensed as K6KPH but using maritime calling and
> traffic procedure.   See:  www.radiomarine.org
> 
> The military still trains a small cadre of Morse intercept operators -
> now rated as Crypotologic Technicians - because "the others" still use
> Morse for various purposes and we need to know what they are up to.  It
> is not used for tactical or command communications. See:
> http://ve7sl.blogspot.com/2016/02/cw-lives.html
> 
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> 
> 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
> Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402
> T2-00000208
> 
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