[TenTec] Re: [TEN-TEC] Morse Code in the 24th Century!

[George, W5YR]

I'm curious . . .

Why would a "clandestine" CW station with evidently a lot of power
behind it transmit at such a comparatively slow speed?

I would expect them to be transmitting at not less than 100 wpm and
probably faster. 

The thing that really gets me, though, is why they would use Morse at
all. (don't shoot - I am a bible-thunping member of QRP-L and an eager
and occasionally successful Fox Hunter!) I would think that high-speed
RTTY would move the traffic much faster.

So, the only conclusion that I can draw is that the slow Morse is being
transmitted for human reception and decoding.

Now, that opens the door for a lot of speculation, doesn't it?

Interesting stuff . . .

72/73, George   W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas      NETXQRP 6	       
Fairview, TX   30 mi NE Dallas in Collin county	     QRP-L 1373
Amateur Radio W5YR, in the 55th year and it just keeps getting better!
Icom IC-756 PRO #02121 (9/00) Kachina #91900556 (12/99) IC-765 (6/90)


Gerald C Totten wrote:
> 
> Sherrill,
>   Morse code is still in use in the west also.  Just last week a "numbers
> station," probably in the DC area, was clobbering the 30 meter band.  I
> would suspect the traffic was related to the crisis in the middle east.
>   I think there are some CW costal stations left in South America too.
> And I hear some CW beacons from time to time.
> 
> 73
> Jerry  K8JRO

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