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Skriven 2009-08-15 23:18:05 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
     Kommentar till en text av Simon Chapman (30.ham)
Ärende: Learning Morse
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Hello Simon,
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On Saturday August 15 2009 21:30, you wrote to me:

 SC> I need a hobby that isn't associated directly with IT related things
 SC> (my day job). Not sure if ham radio is actually far enough removed
 SC> from IT (especially considering packet radio, DSTAR, and so on) but
 SC> its certainly a different field.

HAM radio has many aspects. While it is true that computers and what comes with
it have pentrated HAM radio in many ways, it is still possinle to be an active
ham and be totally oblivient of IT. Analog equipment is still in large scale
use.

 SC> Morse is to ham radio what Fidonet is to the Internet, right?

The analogy is shaky, but I would say "up to a point".

But it makes me wonder, why do you want to learn morse? Morse code has been
officially abandoned by every service, EXCEPT ham radio and even they do not
require it any more in most countries. It is still in use, not because it is
required but an ever decreasing group of diehards still does it for fun.

Morse was never my favorite. I passed the tech exam without any problems, but I
had a hard time learning the code, I did it because at the time it was a
requirement for the full license that allowed access to the bands below 30 MHz.
I really wanted that. But now that it is no longer a requirement...


Cheers, Michiel

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