Subj : Morse test, to be or not to be?
To : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Steve Bainbridge
Date : Sat Jun 30 2001 03:45 pm
Hi
>> > tHE bottleneck is art. S25 of the Radio Regulations.
>> Yes, I have a copy of S25, and it states that morse is to
>> be sent by hand and received by ear.
> For the test of course...
Of course, then if you wish, forget it.
>> Which means of course that you can't use a computer, yet, if
>> you do pass the morse test, there is nothing to satop you
>> sending by any method you choose.
> One could use a computer. However morse is a code not
> designed for automated use. If one uses automated means,
> there are methods that are more suitable.
>> I send/receive morse on 6mtrs using a computer.
> That only makes sense if the other party is human.
> Letting two machines talk to each other in morse, is
> inefficient.
They are human. It means that I can keep up with the old hands sending at 20wpm
:-)
>> Don't get me wrong, I think morse is very usful, and no
>> doubt it will always be used by the die hards,
> It sure will for a long time.
I hope it does, just that now it should not be mandatory for full HF access.
>> but with things like PSK31 ect and computer progs, manual
>> morse is a dying art.
> And so is machine made morse. As I said; letting two
> machines talk two each other in morse is inefficient.
How true. With PSK31, it is basicly RTTY. The best bit about it is, using SSB
you can have a perfect QSO even with very weak received signals.
73,s
Stege
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