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VK6BE > MORSE 05.06.06 13:37l 34 Lines 1319 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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I would take the morse any day. It used on our airport beacons here, and
on some CB BBS's on UHF and even some cell phones identify an incoming
call by sending SMS or CONNECTING in morse code. Morse is still in common
use and it doesn't take extraordinary intelligence to learn to read it at
the pace it is used.
To use software means that there has to be enough signal at a level far
higher than would be needed to detect morse. OK I know some marvellous
gadgets will detect a signal at a very low level but who wants to use
specialized equipment and special software to do something that only needs
a pair of human ears and a simple receiver of some sort? I rest my case!
Bob VK6BE.
> )If you were beacon monitoring, what method would be the most useful.
>
> For this you have to assume that you are NOT a radio amateur but an SWL.
>
> a) A timer/software device that letsyou know when an IARU beacon is
> transmitting so you don't have to know Morse
>
> or
>
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> b) Make some attempt at decoding the Morse, even if it means writing what
> you hear in dot dash fashion on a bit of paper to decode the beacon
> callsign.
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> 2)Do you agree that Morse is part and parcel of the HF bands, regardless of
> whether you prefer to use it or not.
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