I vote for more questions about proper on air operations, when to call, etc., and ham law stuff. Get the appliance op to where he is bearable on air. Charly Unfortunately, the exams are going the oth
That too, but many of the obnoxious are old timers. Being taught proper / acceptable social behavior and passing a test on it will never reform those who don't care. 73, Roger (K8RI) I vote for more
I forgot to tie this in with amps.and signal quality. You can tell a new ham how to tune that Tetrode, or high gain amp, but not knowing, or caring they discover they can tune a Tetrode just like a T
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Real honest-to-God emergencies should be done on phone, whether SSB, FM or whatever. Relying on CW will get people killed. 73, Bill W6WRT _______________
I'm sure the survivors of the Titanic might disagree. Mark Bitterlich WA3JPY P.S. It's amazing even today how many people know Morse Code for "SOS". Even with a flashlight. Even with a car horn. Even
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: I'm sure if the Titanic radio op had voice capability he would have used it first. Of course in the Titanic case it wouldn't have mattered since the only
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: I can't prove it but I suspect a scream for help will be far more effective. 73, Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ Amps mailing
Relying on the phone during honest to god emergencies... You do realize, the phone service is one of, if not the first to fail. The old, hard wired phone system was far more reliable than cell phones
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: I'm picturing you way out in the boonies, far from cell phone range, and you come across a terrible auto accident. You say to the survivors "Wait a minut
Well assuming that you drove up on the accident, then your equipment is still running. But if you were involved in the accident and your mic is broken but you know the code, you could simply use the
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: So I am uninjured enough to do the above but my mike was broken? Most likely to be the other way around. 73, Bill W6WRT _________________________________
With you the more likely scenario would be you were a distracted driver and the mike punched your teeth out and that severed your tongue. What would you do next Mr Always Negative? -- ORIGINAL MESSAG
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Get a Nerf microphone. Mr Always Negative always has a plan. 73, Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@contes
Author: mark bitterlich <markbitterlich@embarqmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 16:38:34 -0400
REPLY: I'm sure if the Titanic radio op had voice capability he would have used it first. Of course in the Titanic case it wouldn't have mattered since the only ship listening was too far away. 73, B
You answered your own question: "I can't prove it but I suspect a scream for help will be far more effective." Quote: Bill W6WRT -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) CW is the most basic form of co
"I'm sure if the Titanic radio op had voice capability he would have used it first. Of course in the Titanic case it wouldn't have mattered since the only ship listening was too far away. " Bill W6WR
I've primarily worked CW since I was first licensed in 1955, and am a founding member of CWOPS. That said, I agree with Bill and disagree with Mark. Why? Because this is 2017, not 1912. Then was then
Yeah it's ok, let the hillhairy voters bend history to fit their fake agenda, you know something? I have learned a new acronym in these forums in the last week and that is "NFB" talk about NFB with a
As he often does, Mark has missed the point about the Titanic radio operator. Here it is: The op used Morse because radio voice equipment hadn't been installed on the Titanic. This was the era of spa