Speaking of music: I earned a music minor in college, and CW helped quite a bit. The rhythm final was to sing or clap a chaotic collection of eight notes and dotted quarter notes -- basically dots and dashes -- so I did Morse a cappella and got an A :)
Wayne N6KR > On May 26, 2018, at 9:27 AM, Martin Sole <hs0...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I can really relate to these two. > > As a kid I played drums. My father taught and played pretty much all his life > until his hearing gave out. Though my CW has never been more than remedial > mostly the sense of rhythm and timing is mostly excellent and I attribute it > to those early years. When I took the then GPO 12wpm UK Morse test the > coastguard guy did comment on my good fist. > > On the navaids ID I have a good one. Just recently I commissioned 2 ILS's out > in the Middle East, though primarily for the US Air Forces use. I had a good > raport with the tower guys and would often spend time up in the tower. Having > just programmed the ILS idents I asked a controller to have one of the > approaching aircraft take a listen and report the code back to be sure it was > keying okay. It seems this, to me, simple request caught this particular > KC135 crew off guard. "Wait one", came back the response, a couple of minutes > later, somewhat confused sounding they came back with a "er, well, its kinda > dee dee doh, doh dee doh, dee dee". Took me a second or two to figure they > had actually got it right just with no spacing. I guess they don't teach > pilots code now either. > > Though I've never worked on navaids in the US, only in Asia and EU, I've > never done one with a voice ident, only ever CW. > > Martin, HS0ZED > > > On 26/05/2018 19:56, Dave Sublette wrote: >> >> Music: I play trumpet in a couple of bands. My experience with Morse Code >> has helped me (my opinion) be more precise with timing or rhythms. I also >> believe, although I'm not sure studies have proven, that ability to learn >> and use Morse Code is highly correlated with musical ability. >> >> Flying: I hold Commercial, Multiiengine and Intrument ratings. When I was >> taking lessons, flying cross country using VORs (before GPS), I would tune >> to the next VOR, I.D.it by hearing the Morse identifier, and turn the >> volume down. My instructor would then lecture me on the need for properly >> I.D.ing the station before turning down the volume. I had a hard time >> making him understand that those dits and dahs were telling me the same >> thing the voice would have. >> ______________________________________________________________ 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
