[Fists] Re: Honey vs. Vinegar

Sun, 25 Apr 2004 16:58:54 -0400

Special Forces are well... "Special." So they learn tools, techniques and
methods that the rest of the world long ago abandoned. For instance they
teach all Special Forces to kill with a garotte. That does not mean they
value that tool or method as *generally* useful.

It's a fact: CW is rapidly becoming a relic in communication. I hate to see
it. I hate to even SAY it. Every step along the way as CW was replaced with
other forms of comunication I was saddened. But it's a fact. Personally I
found this concept very difficult to accept. I did not want to "let go" of
the idea that CW was something that should be used everyday just like it had
for over 75 years.

On the positive side, I was thinking the other day about steam trains. How
they went through the same kind of transition. How there were many people
who thought there was truly something magic about that combination of
technology and mechanics. The sound, the smell, the vision of a large steam
locomotive pulling a huge train at full speed. They are all gone now from
common use in transportation. Any that remain are there more as museum
pieces. And it's not so bad. I dare say that today there are more people
"into" steam locomotives than ever in history. So there is hope for this
communication medium we all love so much.

73,

Mark W1EOF

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
> Behalf Of Lawrence Makoski
> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 2:16 PM
> To: FISTS
> Subject: [Fists] Re: Honey vs. Vinegar
>
>
> >Despite its usefulness in amateur radio, it is a skill that >the
> international regulating bodies and most >telecommunications users,
> including our own military,
>
> Except for "the best of the best".  All Special Ops Forces still teach
> the Morse Code (as told to me by an acquaintance who is in a SOF).  I
> guess to some extent, "our own military" still values Morse.
>
> 73 de Larry W2LJ
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