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Frank Hopper
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Initially Posted - 03/04/2008 : 13:27:47

Sparky, have you seen this? (everyone will enjoy it)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6845859732897288081

and one other thing, how is David Sarnoff thought of by members of your craft.

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stampeder
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Response Posted - 03/04/2008 : 14:29:29

Very cool.
We learned Morse in Boyscouts and had a lot of fun with it. We would telegraph jokes in school by tapping our pencils on textbooks and thought we were cutting edge brilliant.
We had an English Teacher who was a British War Bride, she let us get away with it most of the time. One of my fondest memories of grade school was when she chuckled at one of our jokes, then let us in on the secret - she knew morse code.

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">SOS!

The apparently well-known SOS distress call is not quite what it seems. Fancifully represented as 'Save Our Souls', it actually means no such thing. It isn't even SOS; it is a procedural signal, and the three dots - three dashes - three dots are sent as a single signal without the gaps that would be present if three separate letters were being sent. The distress call is

di-di-di-dah-dah-dah-di-di-dit

and not

di-di-dit dah-dah-dah di-di-dit

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Steve Blackburn
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Response Posted - 03/04/2008 : 15:49:53

Cool video. Had a good laugh.

Ahhh technology, technology, technology. Most often far more entertaining than useful.

Makes me think when the first PDA's (or electronic handhelds) came out and everyone rushing out to buy one. Most of it's use back then was storing names, addresses and phone numbers. I would suggest a technology with the following description:
* 1/8 of an inch thick.
* Different formats, comes as small as a credit card or as big as your 21" TV.
* Weighs about 1/4 of a PDA
* Never needs to be booted up
* You can write directly to it with a regular pencil.
* No batteries required.
* About 1000 times less expensive.

People went, ooooooo I want one of those.

You guessed it yet? It even has a fancy name: Notepad.

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 03/04/2008 : 16:34:06

NASA spent millions of dollars developing a ballpoint pen that would write in space. The Russians took a pencil.

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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 03/04/2008 : 17:19:14

Thanks Frank ! Morse code was faster !!! So.....when are you installing your Morse Code communication system....and more importantly...when are you going to have the photos for us !

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Steve Blackburn
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Response Posted - 03/04/2008 : 23:18:47

The question is...why are we still even typing? Let's stop wasting time and convert:

- .... .. ... / .. ... / -- ..- -.-. .... / ..-. .- ... - . .-.

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PZell
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Response Posted - 03/05/2008 : 11:44:01

No audio at my work computer, but I have heard of this. Morse is amazing if you have done it a lot like I have. I automatically make letters out of horn beeps and bird cheeps. In fact we have some bird around the radio station here that we call the R bird because it cheeps the letter R.

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Bubba
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Response Posted - 03/05/2008 : 19:06:27

That would be a pirate bird. He's saying "Arrrr!"

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Fantasy II
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Response Posted - 03/05/2008 : 23:53:15

I still enjoy my CW (Morse) sessions on 40 meters because it reaches out much further into the noise than voice transmissions. I'll probably never give it up!

Bill KD6BC

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redviking
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Response Posted - 03/07/2008 : 08:33:47

The Morse Code requirement for a Ham license has been lifted for those of us with SSB aboard. That being said, when all else fails and big brother is monitoring every movement, it is possible that Morse Code could prove relevant once again. Sorta like the indian code used during WWII..

Sten

DPO C25 #3220 "Zephyr", SR, FK
SV Lysistrata - C&C 39 - St. Augustine FL, heading south to the islands sometime after the canvas guy finishes! Aaarrggghhh!

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tinob
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Response Posted - 03/07/2008 : 10:07:26

Hi Sparky ...about your R bird is it possibly an R O B I N ?

Val on the hard DAGNABIT,# 3936, Patchogue, N.Y.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 03/07/2008 : 10:45:12

- .... .- - / ...- .. -.. . --- / .-- .- ... / .... .. .-.. .- .-. .. --- ..- ... .-.-.- / .- / -.. .- -.-- / --- .-. / - .-- --- / .- --. --- --..-- / .. / ... .... --- .-- . -.. / .. - / - --- / .- -. --- - .... . .-. / --. ..- -.-- / .... . .-. . / .- - / .-- --- .-. -.- / .-- .... --- / .... .- .--. .--. . -. ... / - --- / -... . / .. -. / - .... . / .... .- -- / .-. .- -.. .. --- / .... --- -... -... -.-- --..-- / .- -. -.. / .... . / ... .- .. -.. / - .... .- - / ...- .. -.. . --- / .... .- ... / -... . . -. / -.-. .. .-. -.-. ..- .-.. .- - .. -. --. / ..-. --- .-. / .- .-- .... .. .-.. . .-.-.- / .- ... / - --- / - .- .--. .--. .. -. --. / --- ..- - / -.-. --- -.. . ... / .. -. / ... -.-. .... --- --- .-.. --..-- / .-- .... . -. / .. / .-- .- ... / .. -. / - .... . / ..-. .. ..-. - .... / --. .-. .- -.. . --..-- / .- / ... -- .- .-.. .-.. / --. .-. --- ..- .--. / --- ..-. / ..-. .-. .. . -. -.. ... / .- -. -.. / .. / -.. .. ... -.-. --- ...- . .-. / ... .. --. -. / .-.. .- -. --. ..- .- --. . / .- -. -.. / -... . -.-. .- -- . / .--. .-. --- ..-. .. -.-. .. . -. - / . -. --- ..- --. .... / - --- / .... .- ...- . / -... .- ... .. -.-. / -.-- . - / ... .. .-.. . -. - / -.-. --- -. ...- . .-. ... .- - .. --- -. ... / .-- .... .. .-.. . / - .... . / - . .- -.-. .... . .-. / .-- .- ... / - .- .-.. -.- .. -. --. .-.-.- / - .... --- ... . / .-- . .-. . / - .... . / -.. .- -.-- ...

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 03/07/2008 : 14:50:27

Don, you have entirely too much time on your hands! Go sailing! Oh, yeah, I forgot, Lake Erie, March.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 03/07/2008 : 15:50:45

Actually, I cheated and used a Morse code converter. Only took a few seconds to find one on the interweb.

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 03/07/2008 : 18:07:55

OK, how about back-converting it for us luddites...

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 03/07/2008 : 18:19:14

Translation:

THAT/VIDEO/WAS/HILARIOUS./A/DAY/OR/TWO/AGO,/I/SHOWED/IT
/TO/ANOTHER/GUY/HERE/AT/WORK/WHO/HAPPENS/TO/BE/IN/THE/HAM/
RADIO/HOBBY,/AND/HE/SAID/THAT/VIDEO/HAS/BEEN/CIRCULATING/FOR
/AWHILE./AS/TO/TAPPING/OUT/CODES/IN/SCHOOL,/WHEN/I/WAS/IN/THE
/FIFTH/GRADE,/A/SMALL/GROUP/OF/FRIENDS/AND/I/DISCOVER/SIGN/
LANGUAGE/AND/BECAME/PROFICIENT/ENOUGH/TO/HAVE/BASIC/YET
/SILENT/CONVERSATIONS/WHILE/THE/TEACHER/WAS/TALKING./
THOSE/WERE/THE/DAYS

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 03/07/2008 : 21:05:35

Good work John...

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