Morse code competence is no longer a requirement. But there’s a lot of bandwidth given over to CW still. There are other advantages, as well. Think of Morse are old school twitter.
Would you happen to know what happened to the old TV channel frequencies when the HDTV standard went into effect?......................
Think of Morse are old school twitter.
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Good example.
Years ago, when ‘fighting’ the internet - mostly because I didn’t ‘understand’ it and couldn’t take the time to learn about it, I came across a book called “The Victorian Internet”. If must have had a Key on the cover or subtitle broached the subject but the gist of the book was compare the internet to the old Naval Communications System (CW). Since I was a part of it, the book piqued my interest and I figured this ‘new fangled internet’ on those nasty computers may be worth a shot.
So, in my ‘Jerry rigged’ manner, I taught myself enough about the ‘puter to get by....
For all you ‘old’ CW Types:(and any interested)
The Victorian Internet:
The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century’s On-Line Pioneers is a 1998 book by
Tom Standage.
Think Amazon has it.
Jeez, I now feel old being referred to as a ‘Pioneer’....