If u want many many young people to learn and use Morse.... PUT A MORSE KEY ON THE
CEL HAND TELEPHONE for creating msm messages. A setting in the phone menu makes the # key a Morse input key. Just do that and watch the teenagers flock to it because it is so much faster than keyboard input and, best, it is a SECRET language! Hey Nokia/Martti, r u listening? Charles Harpole [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:47:53 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] "QRRR" (OT) > CC: [email protected] > > I wrote: > >> Its all gone now, except for a few who try to keep memories alive in the >> only place where Morse (of some nature) is still in service (the ham bands). > > Phil wrote: > >> Not so, Mike. There are several MF/HF Public Coast Stations still on >> the air in the US, using CW and RTTY/SITOR (commercial AMTOR) to handle >> public correspondence with ships. Morse is not banned on the maritime >> channels, just no longer required for distress and safety purposes. > > Phil, my outlook on those operations is different, though I accept your > point that they are another venue outside ham radio where Morse operations > take place (rarely). > > I'm very familiar with the wonderful efforts of RD and the others at > www.radiomarine.org , including the several times each year that they > do a very limited revival of operations from what's left of a couple of > famous Pacific Coast stations, often in conjunction with some old > Victory or Liberty museum ship whose Morse station has been activated > for the special event. > > But it is all essentially a historical reenactment by historical > preservationist groups. Bona fide profit- and safety-driven commercial > Morse operations in the USA ended on 12 July 1999. As interesting and laudable > as these reenactments are, they do not represent any remnant of the originals > that continues to serve real commercial and regulatory (SOLAS) requirements. > > It is odd but true that the FCC will still license stations and operators for > this service, although Second Class Radiotelegraph licenses have had greatly > reduced Morse exam requirements for about 25 years, since the FCC allowed > crediting the very simple Amateur Extra Morse exam to the commercial ticket. > But the FCC also continued to offer the Aircraft Radiotelegraph Operator exam > and endorsement for decades after the last aircraft radiotelegraph operator > position had been eliminated, so it's anyone's guess how many decades these > other obsolete tickets will be issued. I let mine expire 15 years ago. > > Mike / KK5F > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
