On 3/29/2016 5:49 PM, Walter Underwood wrote: > As far as I can tell, Morse is entirely a hobby now. Maritime radio > stopped monitoring Morse on 12 July 1999. I did some searches and I > don’t think the US military offers a Morse skill rating now.
Manual Morse is still alive in the Maritime Services through Public Coast Station KSM, the former RCA Coast Station KPH, with receivers in Point Reyes, CA and transmitters in Bolinas, CA. It is owned by the National Park Service and operated by the Maritime Radio Historical Society with properly-licensed operators. We operate on weekends, on genuine restored coast station equipment, and there are still several vessels that use Manual Morse for traffic. We accept message traffic at no cost - we're funded by grants from the Park Service and member donations. And we still keep "Silent Period" watch on 500 KC as in the "good old days". We also operate a ham station on several HF bands - at full legal power - licensed as K6KPH but using maritime calling and traffic procedure. See: www.radiomarine.org The military still trains a small cadre of Morse intercept operators - now rated as Crypotologic Technicians - because "the others" still use Morse for various purposes and we need to know what they are up to. It is not used for tactical or command communications. See: http://ve7sl.blogspot.com/2016/02/cw-lives.html ---- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 T2-00000208 From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
