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[JD Delancy]

See below; most Interesting


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Subject: 	CW
Date: 	Sat, 31 May 2008 18:31:38 -0500
From: 	Jim Moody <nl7c at sbcglobal.net>



I got this on a CW discussion group:

DE NNN0ASA ZUJ CMB06-08:
RR NOALL
DE  NNN0ASA 050
R 292200Z MAY 2008
FM CHNAVMARCORMARS WILLIAMSBURG VA
TO  ALNAVMARCORMARS
INFO ZEN/CHIEF ARMY MARS FT HUACHUCA AZ
ZEN/CHIEF AIR  FORCE MARS SCOTT AFB IL
BT
UNCLAS
SUBJ: CHNAVMARCORMARS BCST  06-08
A. DRAFT RADIOTELEGRAPH PROCEDURES
1. WHEN I ASSUMED THE CHIEF,  NAVMARCORMARS POSITION IN NOVEMBER,
1997, WE WERE MORE THAN A YEAR INTO THE  DOD MANDATED BAN ON CW ON
MARS FREQUENCIES.
A. SINCE THAT TIME THE  FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION HAS, IN
STEPS, ELIMINATED THE MORSE CODE  REQUIREMENT FOR AN AMATEUR LICENSE.
ALL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATORS KNOW THAT  WHEN VOICE AND OTHER DIGITAL
MODES SLOW TO A CRAWL OR BECOME UNUSABLE, CW  CAN STILL BE USED.
B. I REMEMBER THE NORTHEAST ICE STORM SHORTLY AFTER I  BECAME CHIEF
AND THE UNNECESSARILY LENGTHY EFFORT BY ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW  ENGLAND
TO RECEIVE ONE VOICE EEI FROM A NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND MEMBER  WHOSE
ANTENNA WAS COVERED IN ICE AND LYING ON THE GROUND. IT TOOK OVER  AN
HOUR WHEN CW COULD HAVE HANDLED IT IN A FEW MINUTES.
C. AS MORE AND  MORE OF OUR MEMBERS ENTER MARS WITH NO MORSE CODE
EXPERIENCE, I AM AFRAID  THAT WE WILL SOON LOSE THAT SKILL SET IF WE
DON'T DO SOMETHING.
2. IN  VIEW OF THE ABOVE AND EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, AREA AND REGION
DIRECTORS ARE  AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH CW TRAINING AND TRAFFIC NETS IN
THEIR RESPECTIVE  AREAS AND REGIONS. ALL STATE DIRECTORS ARE STRONGLY
ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN  CONDUCTING TRAINING IN CW ON THEIR TRAFFIC AND
TRAINING NETS.
3. SINCE  THE RADIOTELEGRAPH PROCEDURES WERE ELIMINATED BEFORE TEH
PUBLICATION OF NTP  8(C), REF A WILL BE POSTED UNDER THE DOCUMENTS TAB
ON THE NATIONAL WEB PAGE  SOON. USE THESE DRAFT PROCEDURES UNTIL A
FINAL TRI-SERVICE MARS PROCEDURE  FOR RADIOTELEGRAPH IS DEVELOPED AND
PROMULGATED.
4. MARS: TOGETHER WE  CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING.
BT
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