[TenTec] TenTec Digest, Vol 48, Issue 40

[Carl Moreschi]

During WWII, the army taught morse code to lots and lots of soldiers.  They
gathered a lot of statistics on it.  Their conclusion was that everyone
could learn morse code to 25 wpm.  There were some that had a much better
natural aptitude for it and could go much higher in speed but again everyone
could get to 25 wpm.  Now, of course, this was just the subset of people
that could get into the army and pass their physical.

Let's be realistic about this new FCC ruling.  It is not a disaster for CW.
A disaster would have been if CW was no longer allowed.  The way it is now,
only the people that want to learn CW will learn it.  What is wrong with
that?  I plan on enjoying CW for a long time.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
121 Little Bell Drive
Bell Mountain
Hays, NC 28635
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm at mendelson.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] TenTec Digest, Vol 48, Issue 40


> On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 02:52:04PM -0600, Robert Redmon wrote:
> >
> > Hmmm. Morse is not a foreign language. It is a form of literacy. I
prefer to
> > be literate, and I prefer to do so regularly, using my Ten-Tec.
>
> No, it's not. It's a skill that some people can learn and others can not.
>
> It was a requirement for a ham license because the governments of the
world
> wanted a pool of easily draftable radio operators in time of war. Times
> and technology has moved on, no millitary or emergency services provider
> still uses it.
>
> IMHO if you want it to dissapear, complain about how no code hams
> pollute the bands. If you want it to flourish, invite them to see how
> much better their "hamming experience" is using morse code and that
> learning and using it is good for THEM.
>
> If you think that morse code is easy to learn, try teaching it to a
> learning disabled person.
>
> Geoff.
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