Over the past year, I've given presentations to many middle school
groups, and like Dave, I find that the kids are fascinated by Morse
Code. They don't care if it's ancient technology--it's fun! We should
all start doing this if we want CW to not just survive, but thrive.
73!
Dan KB6NU
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CW Geek and MI Affiliated Club Coordinator
Read my ham radio blog at www.kb6nu.com
LET'S GET MORE KIDS INTO HAM RADIO!
On Dec 17, 2006, at 10:48 AM, David Cutter wrote:
I did an all day demo at a local kids school (<11 years old) and
they enjoyed most of what we did. But what they really lapped up
was being taught to send and receive Morse Code across the class
room and into adjacent rooms. I was astonished at how quickly they
caught on and how they enjoyed it. They didn't know it is
"irrelevant" to today's information society, it was just fun.
Similarly, a friend told me that in some RN ships they still teach
Morse by lamp just for the fun of it.
Developing a skill for its own sake is not logical, but it works.
David
G3UNA
----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Larsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "VR2BrettGraham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Morse test elimination
Guys, the ARRL almost caused a revolt in FCC-Wireless. They were
being visited by ARRL people daily. They are lawyers and they are
trying to kill Internet on power lines, and push band planning and
morse code testing removal.
Then after they GOT the band plan they pushed it was discovered
ARRL goofed. They made too much space near the CW/Digital bands
Extra Class. But then wait. It will be simple to get a Extra Class
license. No 20 WPM send and receive, hard written stuff, it is
just some multiple guess questions now.
The ARRL keeps sending me mail which says they need big bucks
to keep the lawyers in Washington. Will I send a hundred bucks? I
throw away to letter.
All the fun I have had teaching code to people is over. My last
effort was fun because I had a 5 year old girl. She had little
trouble with the code, but she had not learned how to write down a
Z or A.
So all this is over. Well I'm almost over too.
72 73 Karl K5DI
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