[PaQSO] WRO News: Ham Congressman "Tweets" in Morse Code

[Pete]

From the WorldRadio Online Newsroom...

.-- .. .-.. .-.. / -.-. .... .- .. .-. / -.-. --- -- -- / .- -. -.. / - . -.-. .... / ... ..- -... / --... ...-- ... / .-- --... . --.- .. 

That's how Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) -- who also happens to be W7EQI -- tweeted the news to his "followers" today that he had been named Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Among other things, the subcommittee's responsibilities include oversight of the FCC.

In a follow-up Twitter message, Walden explained that "The last tweet was Morse code! Just the ham radio operator in me having fun. It says I’ll chair the communications and tech subcommittee." Walden is one of two ham radio operators in Congress. The other is Rep. Mike Ross, WD5DVR (D-AR).

The full text of Walden'sTwitter message, for those who are not Morse-conversant, is:
"Will chair comm and tech sub 73s w7eqi"

Walden is also chairman of the House Republican Leadership Committee and the Republican Majority Transition Committee, which is overseeing the transfer of power in the House of Representatives from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party as a result of last month's elections.
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