-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: OK, I should have said only one ship listening close enough to help the survivors. As I recall, other ships eventually came but too late. Is that better?
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Further proof that time marches on. JT65, good as it is, has been overtaken by JT9, which uses about a tenth the bandwidth and according to the author is
Author: mark bitterlich <markbitterlich@embarqmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 23:48:55 -0400
Here it is: The op used Morse because radio voice equipment hadn't been installed on the Titanic. This was the era of spark, remember. As I speculated, if good voice equipment was available, I'm sur
Bill, I did not miss the point, I just think you're wrong. Please do not assume that the two things are synonymous. In an emergency a level headed person will use the training he or she has received
This is mostly because of the "removal of the code testing requirements, and the dumbing down of the written tests" for an amateur radio license has left the flood gates open to anyone who can memori
The problem with the computer modes is that they require a computer in addition to the radio. Glen, K9STH Website: http://k9sth.net REPLY: Further proof that time marches on. JT65, good as it is, h
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: That's not emergency communication. 73, Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@contesting.com http://lists.con
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Mark, why not talk to the real professionals about emergency communication? The people who do it every day. Go down to your local fire or police departme
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: I'm not suggesting the new digital modes for emergency, just pointing out that times do change. IMO, voice is still the best in a real life and death sit
You might be going on 76 Jim but when you cant stay on subject I begin to wonder. Im going on 77 and knew the subject was about emergency comms, not daydreaming in the home ham shack. Carl I've prima
If the conversation was about EmComm, then why wasn't that listed on the Subject Line? :) And how did we get to EmComm from Price per Watt Conversation? And from there to a religious discussion of th
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: I wouldn't worry too much about transistors becoming unobtainable because equivalents will nearly always be available. Compared to tubes, transistors don
Jim, I am NOT trying to deny reality by saying the CW bands are hopping, I do hear them. Admit it, you have NEVER BEEN AT MY STATION TO KNOW different, that clearly demonstrates that you are in denia
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: "Hopping" is clearly subjective but I have to agree the CW bands do not usually "hop". It's a dying skill but it still has a way to go. 73, Bill W6WRT __
REPLY <I wouldn't worry too much about transistors becoming unobtainable <because equivalents will nearly always be available. Compared to <tubes, transistors don't have nearly as many physical varia
It's a dying skill but it still has a way to go. Yes, but no other mode can offer the fun factor of cw. Ive never been very good at it, but the idea of A Boy and his Radio (copyright K0HB) is what ke
Is EMTRON out of business ? Don W4DNR DonR _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/amps
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: My point exactly, replacement variations will be available for a long time. I do agree about certain parts like CPUs. If you can't get the original you a
<Jim, I am NOT trying to deny reality by saying the CW bands are hopping, I <do hear them. Admit it, you have NEVER BEEN AT MY STATION TO KNOW different, <that clearly demonstrates that you are in de
MRF458 and MRF 454 transistors are still available and you can also use 2SC2879. 73 Peter, DJ7WW <I wouldn't worry too much about transistors becoming unobtainable <because equivalents will nearly al