Haven't been down there in a while, but you're scaring me.
Please tell me that these types haven't invaded the band:
I was hoping that cellular phones would pull them away from trashing the rest of the radio spectrum.
Posted on 02/23/2007 6:45:07 PM PST by vintage patriot
I tend to agree with you. CB started out in an orderly manner when I first noticed it in the 60's and they seemed, to me, to be a lot like hams back then....but look what happened when everybody and everybody's dog got one and loaded the airwaves with all kinds of trash. They even went further and added linear amps and out-of-band capabilities to corrupt other services.
Fortunately with the new uhf (Family Radio or whatever they call them) frequencies and lower power, they are less dangerous.
What happens when these 'looney tunes' get their hands on a General license and go out to play in all the ham bands?
"CB started out in an orderly manner when I first noticed it in the 60's and they seemed, to me, to be a lot like hams back then..."
Yep. My first CB was a 5 channel EXECUTIVE tube type and I had many a conversation with out hearing 'breaker five' or 'how am I hitting ya?'. Even talked to a couple of nice fellows for about an hour before we all realized they were in Detroit and I was in Rochester, New York.
Back then the FCC was just 'down the street' in Canandaigua and they definately monitored the 'traffic'.
"What happens when these 'looney tunes' get their hands on a General license and go out to play in all the ham bands?"
Unfortunately, with the woeful lack of enforcement, they already are, without the license.
Hmmm, my experience with CW was strictly military, so I'm not sure exactly the significance of this is--but I'd be interested to know, and if I got it right--it's been a long time:
r
/? sk
de
enterprise
bt
Let me guess, "r" is "right" or just an acknowledgement,
"/? sk" I seem to remember has something to do with "copy" or signal????
"bt" is, what, equivalent of "sk" sign off?
Don't think I got much of that right.
Hank
Great on the Hurricane net. I've always wondered if CW is really "out of style". How old is the invention of the telephone? Is it out of style? Or is the concept of appreciating a skill out of style? Like mentioned before, it sure doesn't seem out of style when the condx are bad. :^)
>"Hate to see CW go "out of
>style". Here in Florida we have a
>very active, effective and
>experienced crew of hams on the
>hurricane net who give of their
>own time and resources on a
>regular basis in times of
>emergency."
You mean like on 80 meters?
Hate to see these skills go down the drain for lack of use.
IT's getting to be a skill akin to changing a typewriter ribbon. There aren't any telegrams anymore either.
Haven't been down there in a while, but you're scaring me.
Please tell me that these types haven't invaded the band:
I was hoping that cellular phones would pull them away from trashing the rest of the radio spectrum.
ping
And another vanishing Boy Scout Merit Badge....(I remember, because I had a helluva time with not only the dot, dot, dash stuff - but the semaphore flags, which were also required)
Is CW more intelligible than SSB voice in difficult conditions?
All people who don't know Morse Code are 'looney tunes'? WTF? Learning Morse prevents one from acting stupid on the radio? Huh? You never heard of KG6IRO (Jack Gerritsen), K1MAN (Glenn Baxter), or KV4FZ (Herb Schoenbohm) among thousands of others?
We are going to regret this sometime in the future, especially after an EMP attack.
CW is being banned -- just no longed mandated. You and anyone else how wants to continue to communicate in Morse can continue to do so. Just as you can stand on your roof and use semaphore flags (a communications tool that predates Morse) if you want.
You missed my point. We were discussing what happened when they opened the "Citizen's Band" and how the crazies destroyed it and hoping that history will not repeat itself.
A high school diploma used to be a big deal; all it means now is a paycheck for bloated, incompetent schools who aren't even good babysitters.
Why should Morse deserve any better than Manuel or Maltomeal?
Ah, c'mon, even Superman died.
I still have my Cobra 25 and a 250 watt Texas Star amp out in the garage.
If I wasn't careful, I'd mess with folk's cable reception. And with the roger-beep, I could reallyp*ss people off if they were using a pay phone!
On the upside, on a clear night it was nothing getting 40-50 miles out of it.
Hi Hank,
R or as it sounds didadit is roger or I got it.
SK or didididadidah is signing off
DE or dadididit means from and goes between callsigns ie.
N8KAH DE KB4RQ
BT or dadidididah is BREAK like at the end of a few lines.
Mike
N8KAH-ham op since 1988
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