Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!