Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, The last requirement was for 5 words per minute. The Navy has reinstated the morse code, for communications in poor conditions. gene -------------- Original message from Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>: -------------- > At 09:30 PM 2/24/2007, Kyle Cassidy wrote: > >am i correct in understanding that amature radio suddenly has no morse > >code requirement any longer?! first film, now this? next week, we'll > >be gnawing one anothers bones, squatting in piles of rags and filth, > >grunting at the moon. > > > >what has happened to this country? > > Kyle > > About 60% of ham traffic is passed in CW (Morse > Code) if not more. The Federal Communications > Commission simply removed the requirment for (I > believe) an ability to transmit eight words per > minute in Morse Code from the requirement for a > license. But most amatuer short-wave operators > will have to know how to deal with CW if they > want to talk at all on the air. Fortunately, > there are freeby decoder programs available for the computer literate. > > A decade back, the US Air Force and US Navy > ceased requiring a knowledge of celestial > navigation for navigators. Still, these guys > learn it, both for the elegance of it and for the > hard reality that the GPS grid may be knocked out > at any time by happenstance or evil intent. > > Marc > > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information