On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 17:09:05 -0400, David LaCourse
wrote:

On 2009-09-08 14:39:01 -0400, Bill Grey said:

In message 2009090812013050073-dplacourse@aolcom, David LaCourse
writes
"Three dits, four dits, two dits, dah,

Mr Morse would be pleased that his efforts provoked some humour :-)

You should hear me with "Bens best bent wire" on a speed key.

Egads! It just dawned on me that I learned MC 52 years ago and still
remember it well enough to copy by ear (slowly, of course).

There is very little Morse Code on the air today. The military has
stopped using it. In fact the Radioman rating (RM) doesn't teach it,
nor is it required. Most stuff on the air today is via satelite,
frequency division multiplex, phase shift keyed, FSK, DFS, etc, and is
non-Morse, except for the amatuer (ham) radio bands, and some merchant
shipping.

d;o)


I was given to understand that "radiomen", per se, don't even exist
any more. :-( They use a yeoman type to put/take the messages via
computer. Of course, they'd be lost if the satellites quit working!

Yeah, I learned morse (CW) back in '71, not QUITE as long as you, but
still... 38 years! SHEESH! DAMN, I'm getting old!