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December 2nd 03, 04:40 AM

(Len Over 21) wrote in message ...

I was in the U.S. military for 8 years. Never learned any morse code,
never had to.

You were never in the Amateur Radio Service. That is the focus
of this Newsgroup. Your service in the Armed Forces is not.

I used real walkie-talkies and handie-talkies (AN/PRC-8 and AN/PRC-6,
respectively). Never needed any morse code proficiency to use those.

Neither of those radios were commonplace in the Amateur Radio
Service. That is the focus of this Newsgroup. Army surplus is not.

I even transmitted on HF with many KiloWatts of RF power, never had
to use any morse code proficiency thing for that.

You did not require Morse Code proficiency since radio clerks
didn't require it. Again you try to analogize your military service
with Amateur Radio. They are not comparable.

The only "code" I learned as a kid was deciphering "secret messages"
sent over a radio show (Captain Midnight?) which amounted to "drink
Ovaltine."

Most of your "practical experience" in any phase of radio comes
from the 1950's and 1960's. Amateur Radio has long since left those
decades.

You should too.

Morse code manual telegraphy is 159 years old. It shows up in old-
time movies and TV shows, especially Westerns.

The "telegraphy" demonstrated on those old movies was not the
Morse Code employed by the Amateur Radio Service in the 21st century.
Please try and look past YOUR past, Lennie.

Lennie, do you have ANYTHING constructive to offer this forum,
other than to try and continue beating a long since expired horse?

Steve, K4YZ