Yes - there is a LOT of code on the air. Will be till us old foggies die off -- My code was never very good, but if it's repeated enough I can still read most of it. Morse code requires the least amount of equipment to transmit, and is very efficient in terms of bandwidth used, but is now blown away by the new digital MFSK modes in terms of the most distance per power, or the least power needed to communicate (Morse code used to hold that honor).
On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Wilton Strickland <wilt...@nc.rr.com>wrote: > BTW, Don, are you hearing any more Morse code at all, or has it all "dried > up?" > > BTW, again, I was so "great" at reading Morse code that when tuning in the > next nav aid station while flying "puddle jumpers" (Cessnas), I'd catch the > fist letter the first time I'd hear the ID, catch the second letter the > second time, third letter the third time, etc. Even then, I wasn't > completely comfortable 'til I heard the voice ID. Awaiting that, I'd turn > the volume up a little to make sure I didn't miss it. Often though, over > Ohio, I think it was, I'd get a shock - a very high-pitched woman's voice > would suddenly shriek LOUDLY in my ear, "Tiverton VOR!!!" > > Wilton > > - > -- OK Don W124 Diesels Ubuntu 8.10 KD5NRO -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090315/889b25bb/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
