Subj : Morse test, to be or not to be?
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Steve Bainbridge
Date : Sat Jun 30 2001 03:45 pm

Hi


 >>  > tHE bottleneck is art. S25 of the Radio Regulations.

 >> Yes, I have a copy of S25, and it states that morse is to
 >> be sent by hand and received by ear.

 > For the test of course...
Of course, then if you wish, forget it.

 >> Which means of course that you can't use a computer, yet, if
 >> you do pass the morse test, there is nothing to satop you
 >> sending by any method you choose.

 > One could use a computer. However morse is a code not
 > designed for automated use. If one uses automated means,
 > there are methods that are more suitable.

 >> I send/receive morse on 6mtrs using a computer.

 > That only makes sense if the other party is human.
 > Letting two machines talk to each other in morse, is
 > inefficient.
They are human. It means that I can keep up with the old hands sending at 20wpm 
:-)

 >> Don't get me wrong, I think morse is very usful, and no
 >> doubt it will always be used by the die hards,

 > It sure will for a long time.
I hope it does, just that now it should not be mandatory for full HF access.

 >> but with things like PSK31 ect and computer progs, manual
 >> morse is a dying art.

 > And so is machine made morse. As I said; letting two
 > machines talk two each other in morse is inefficient.
How true. With PSK31, it is basicly RTTY. The best bit about it is, using SSB 
you can have a perfect QSO even with very weak received signals.

73,s

Stege

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