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"Kim" wrote in message . com... "bb" wrote in message ups.com... wrote: Michael Coslo wrote on Feb 22 2005 9:58 am Buy a rig, an antenna, and pay some people to put it up. Presumably the only requirement is to know how to read, talk and mash the PTT button. "Mash" the push-to-talk button? That means those owners have to know where to get the PTT control fixed! :-) Yep, he said "mash," but must have been mistaken when he said they would know how to read. You see, people that use a microphone are clods. They would never "depress" the ptt button, nor would they "press down" on it. They are of low intelligence and barely human, and only know how to "mash" said button. If no one is looking, they may actually step on the microphone with bare, dirty feet and yell into it. People who use a telegraph key are genteel. They know how to properly close the contacts, form a character, and move on. They do so with their pinkie finger extended, and have no dirt under their nails. For it is written. I think I just found Larry Roll. Kim W5TIT Listen W5TWIT, I done told ya....stick with what you know.....NOTHING. Dan/W4NTI |
"Michael Coslo" wrote in message ... bb wrote: wrote: Michael Coslo wrote on Feb 22 2005 9:58 am Buy a rig, an antenna, and pay some people to put it up. Presumably the only requirement is to know how to read, talk and mash the PTT button. "Mash" the push-to-talk button? That means those owners have to know where to get the PTT control fixed! :-) Yep, he said "mash," but must have been mistaken when he said they would know how to read. You see, people that use a microphone are clods. They would never "depress" the ptt button, nor would they "press down" on it. They are of low intelligence and barely human, and only know how to "mash" said button. If no one is looking, they may actually step on the microphone with bare, dirty feet and yell into it. People who use a telegraph key are genteel. They know how to properly close the contacts, form a character, and move on. They do so with their pinkie finger extended, and have no dirt under their nails. For it is written. People around my area say "mash" as in referring to "pressing" something I say it too at times. In general it is said in contesxt such as "Hey Bob, mash that light switch will ya? I'll quite saying mash if it offends all of you that much. - Mike KB3EIA - (who does mash his PTT when he works SSB) A real "communicator" will say 'key the mike', or 'key the circuit'. Dan/W4NTI |
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@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com: Alun L. Palmer wrote: "bb" wrote in news:1109208496.863217.225020 @o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com: wrote: Jim, , wrote on Tues, Feb 22 2005 1:47 am Alun L. Palmer wrote: wrote in news:1109009984.323422.143080 @o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com: 5wpm isn't very fast, but why is it required to operate phone? A couple of reasons: For the same reason hams have to pass written *theory* tests to use *manufactured* rigs with no critical tuneup adjustments. 1. The FCC decided it needed to test radio amateurs as part of their task of regulating all U.S. civil radio. And that testing includes both written and code testing. FCC has decided that both are necessary for HF/MF license privileges. Of course that could have been changed any time after mid-July of 2003, but so far FCC has decided not to. 2. The VEC Question Pool Committee decides WHAT the questions are; FCC only specifies a total number and the percentage correct for passing. INCORRECT! *ALL* questions in the written exam pools have to be approved by FCC, both for inclusion and removal. While the questions, answers and distractors are created by the QPC, they must be approved by FCC. 3. Any other reason is meaningless... ;-) The plain, simple fact of the matter is that the same arguments used against the code test can be used - and are being used - against almost all of what is in the written test. The USA VEC decided to return the Morse Code exam to 13-15WPM rate despite FCC regulations to the contrary. INCORRECT! The use of Farnsowrth-spaced Morse is simply a recommended practice, not a requirement. If someone wants non-Farnsworth Morse for Element 1, the VEs will accomodate them. Not exactly. It's Farnsworth method with an overall speed of 5wpm. That gives the brain longer to decode each character, and the hgiher speed of the individual characters still doesn't force you to read the character as a whole. It's still possible to read the individual dots and dashes. It may be possible for *some* individuals to count dits and dahs at 13-16 wpm character speed, but for most people who have been evaluated it is easier to hear the letter or number as a unit of sound. The exaggerated spacing between the letters/numbers allows more recognition time, and particularly more time to write or type the letter/number. Hence Farnsworth spacing usually makes it *easier* to pass the test. Bearing all that in mind, I have no problem with it. Nor I. What did annoy me was that the NCVEC did eliminate the multi-choice option in direct response to the abolition of the 13 and 20wpm tests, so the 5wpm test is now harder than it was before, for no other reason than to make it harder. IIRC, FCC outlawed multiple choice code tests. While NCVEC may have commented against them, FCC makes the rules. Multiple-choice was eliminated because FCC decided it didn't really test the skill as required. There was a *lot* of comment against the multiple choice code test. Perhaps a compromise could be used. Suppose the code test were replaced with a test of - say - skill in solving transmission-line problems with the Smith Chart... 73 de Jim, N2EY There already are Smith Chart questions in the pool |
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wrote: Michael Coslo wrote on Feb 22 2005 9:58 am Buy a rig, an antenna, and pay some people to put it up. Presumably the only requirement is to know how to read, talk and mash the PTT button. "Mash" the push-to-talk button? That means those owners have to know where to get the PTT control fixed! :-) Yep, he said "mash," but must have been mistaken when he said they would know how to read. You see, people that use a microphone are clods. They would never "depress" the ptt button, nor would they "press down" on it. They are of low intelligence and barely human, and only know how to "mash" said button. If no one is looking, they may actually step on the microphone with bare, dirty feet and yell into it. [sounds like Dan of a few years ago, reminiscing of how hams used to do early FM by YELLING into their VFOs...:-) ] People who use a telegraph key are genteel. They know how to properly close the contacts, form a character, and move on. They do so with their pinkie finger extended, and have no dirt under their nails. Agreed. Amateur morsemen are the very EPITOME of "radio operators." None are their equal. They are Superhams, faster than a speeding TTY, able to jump tall pile-ups at a single bound. They wear hair shirts emblazoned with a Big S and carry shiny Raddio Kopp shields to ward off evildoers speaking of Change. All who do not love, honor, worship, and obey them are Full of Hate For All Radio Amateurs! For it is written. ...in here. :-) |
Kim wrote: "bb" wrote in message ups.com... wrote: Michael Coslo wrote on Feb 22 2005 9:58 am Buy a rig, an antenna, and pay some people to put it up. Presumably the only requirement is to know how to read, talk and mash the PTT button. "Mash" the push-to-talk button? That means those owners have to know where to get the PTT control fixed! :-) Yep, he said "mash," but must have been mistaken when he said they would know how to read. You see, people that use a microphone are clods. They would never "depress" the ptt button, nor would they "press down" on it. They are of low intelligence and barely human, and only know how to "mash" said button. If no one is looking, they may actually step on the microphone with bare, dirty feet and yell into it. People who use a telegraph key are genteel. They know how to properly close the contacts, form a character, and move on. They do so with their pinkie finger extended, and have no dirt under their nails. For it is written. I think I just found Larry Roll. Kim W5TIT Oh, dear God! I forgot the smiley!!! Sorry Kim, that must have been a real blast from the past. |
Dan/W4NTI wrote: "Kim" wrote in message . com... "bb" wrote in message ups.com... wrote: Michael Coslo wrote on Feb 22 2005 9:58 am Buy a rig, an antenna, and pay some people to put it up. Presumably the only requirement is to know how to read, talk and mash the PTT button. "Mash" the push-to-talk button? That means those owners have to know where to get the PTT control fixed! :-) Yep, he said "mash," but must have been mistaken when he said they would know how to read. You see, people that use a microphone are clods. They would never "depress" the ptt button, nor would they "press down" on it. They are of low intelligence and barely human, and only know how to "mash" said button. If no one is looking, they may actually step on the microphone with bare, dirty feet and yell into it. People who use a telegraph key are genteel. They know how to properly close the contacts, form a character, and move on. They do so with their pinkie finger extended, and have no dirt under their nails. For it is written. I think I just found Larry Roll. Kim W5TIT Listen W5TWIT, I done told ya....stick with what you know.....NOTHING. Dan/W4NTI Hey Dan, how 'bout scrapin that dirt from under yer fingernails. |
Michael Coslo wrote: bb wrote: wrote: Michael Coslo wrote on Feb 22 2005 9:58 am Buy a rig, an antenna, and pay some people to put it up. Presumably the only requirement is to know how to read, talk and mash the PTT button. "Mash" the push-to-talk button? That means those owners have to know where to get the PTT control fixed! :-) Yep, he said "mash," but must have been mistaken when he said they would know how to read. You see, people that use a microphone are clods. They would never "depress" the ptt button, nor would they "press down" on it. They are of low intelligence and barely human, and only know how to "mash" said button. If no one is looking, they may actually step on the microphone with bare, dirty feet and yell into it. People who use a telegraph key are genteel. They know how to properly close the contacts, form a character, and move on. They do so with their pinkie finger extended, and have no dirt under their nails. For it is written. People around my area say "mash" as in referring to "pressing" something I say it too at times. In general it is said in contesxt such as "Hey Bob, mash that light switch will ya? I'll quite saying mash if it offends all of you that much. - Mike KB3EIA - (who does mash his PTT when he works SSB) Mike, it's just that unconscious bias against all things not Morse showing through. It is the mark of the true Morseman. bb |
Dan/W4NTI wrote: "Michael Coslo" wrote in message ... bb wrote: wrote: Michael Coslo wrote on Feb 22 2005 9:58 am Buy a rig, an antenna, and pay some people to put it up. Presumably the only requirement is to know how to read, talk and mash the PTT button. "Mash" the push-to-talk button? That means those owners have to know where to get the PTT control fixed! :-) Yep, he said "mash," but must have been mistaken when he said they would know how to read. You see, people that use a microphone are clods. They would never "depress" the ptt button, nor would they "press down" on it. They are of low intelligence and barely human, and only know how to "mash" said button. If no one is looking, they may actually step on the microphone with bare, dirty feet and yell into it. People who use a telegraph key are genteel. They know how to properly close the contacts, form a character, and move on. They do so with their pinkie finger extended, and have no dirt under their nails. For it is written. People around my area say "mash" as in referring to "pressing" something I say it too at times. In general it is said in contesxt such as "Hey Bob, mash that light switch will ya? I'll quite saying mash if it offends all of you that much. - Mike KB3EIA - (who does mash his PTT when he works SSB) A real "communicator" will say 'key the mike', or 'key the circuit'. Dan/W4NTI Sorry, but real "communicators" refer to "key" when they load an encryption code. BOL, bb |
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