25 Feb 08 07:21, TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT:


 RW>> JB> Does anyone actually use morse code very much, these days?

 RW>> It's no longer a mode that is used worldwide. Even the code
 RW>> requirement to get an amateur radio license ended a couple of years
 RW>> ago. It is still used to automatically identify [ID] a transmitter
 RW>> in Amateur Radio. If you know what a 'repeater' is, you can hear
 RW>> them ID about every 10 minutes while they're in use.

 TW> Commercialy YES,

Commercially and militarilly.

 TW> but Not for the Ham Contesters.

Correct. Hams are the last bastion of morse code. MC has been relegated to
hobby status.

 TW> Adn I suspect it is the Best Mode for number of Contacts as it gets
 TW> through the QRM/QRN easier then any other mode of operation.

Actually, it's no better than any other mode, IMO. You can hear a CW
contact better because the receiver has more filtering. If it weren't for
the CW crystal filters, one signal on top of the other is just like one AM
signal beating against another. AM is worse because it has no narrow band
filters.

                R\%/itt



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