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Morse Code and the AmatuerPosted Sep-14-06 13:18:44 PDT COPYRIGHT 2003 The pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch sdtuy at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azmanig eh?! We tell people daily that in order to copy high speed code that you do not copy every single dit and dah. You copy groups as a whole word. There is proof in the pudding when you can read the previous statement. Code will go by the wayside and only the few will remain using the antiquated form of digital communication. But it will become a part of history just as AM did. There are people that still use Ancient Mary but the majority of the voice community uses SSB. This was fought long and hard as new equipment had to be built or purchased but the AM mode has virtually fallen by the wayside. The same thing occurred when FM came along. The transfer from AM to FM took the same path and history WILL repeat itself with the code as well.
There are those of us that will say it was a right of passage, others, I had to do it and so does everyone else. Still others will say it was a filter to keep lids and CBers from getting into the ranks. It was once upon a time a necessary means of communications. Slow speed digital communications was the preferred method of passing a communiqué. It was sent in wars to give position reports and to get life rendering aid. But you were very limited in how much you could send. In today's world PAKTORII can be sent and so much more information can be given in a matter of seconds that it would make Morse jealous in his grave. PSK31 is a new wave also, I have listened to these transmissions that were anything but audible and out of the hash and trash comes a full page sent to a buddy thousands of miles away.
Code will still be taught and passed down. Some will learn high speed code. There will be those we never hear on the voice portions because they get the bug and fall in love with code. There will be grandpa that teaches a secret way to say hi to a grandkid. Nine dits and a dah will still bring a smirk on faces. There will still be CW and it will stay here on the planet probably as long as there is human history. But it is time to move forward with our Ancient Mary way of thinking and look forward to the next evolution in amateur radio till it becomes history as well.
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