Hi Michiel!

Thursday May 11 2006, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Vladimir Donskoy:

 WD>>>>> But who is still using them in times of satellite navigation
 WD>>>>> and beacons dependant of a carrier-signal on a particular
 WD>>>>> frequency rather than a morse-signal which may/will be
 WD>>>>> distorted?

 VD>>>> Who have no money for GPS-receiver :-) .

 MV>>> If one can not afford a GPS receiver one better not had a boat or
 MV>>> an airplane either.

 VD>> It's better but possible and without this...

 MV> Of course one does not *need* a GPS reciever in a boat. My point was that
 MV> GPA receivers are so cheap these these and sea faring boats are so
 MV> expensive that if one can not afford the GPS receiver, one can not afford
 MV> the boat.

For little boat fishery (rubber for river only, not sea) - it is very
expensive tools :-) !

 VD>>>> Of course. But in trouble situation... For transmit Morse
 VD>>>> signals need very low power (electrical) then radio-phone, so -
 VD>>>> as reserving (backup) path it is necessary knowledge.

 MV>>> Heard that argument about a million times when discussing the
 MV>>> need for Morse for Ham radio. FYI the requirement for 12 wpm
 MV>>> morse for HAMs was dropped about three years ago here in The
 MV>>> Netherlands. .

 VD>> Even country can establish own requments for our peoples...

 MV> Not so, there are ITU regulations. Up until 2003 article 25 mandated a
 MV> morse test for amateur radio operators on frequencies below 30 MHz.  On
 MV> the 2003 World Radio Conference article 25 was amended and only then could
 MV> national governments drop the morse test.

They can make only recomendation, not rules. Every country may make rules
for own citizens.

Regards, Vladimir Donskoy

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