[Noisebridge-discuss] CQ CQ CQ de KA6RCQ

[Alex Perez]

Rachel,

It's no longer a requirement for the baseline licensing level,  
Technician. I believe it still is, at present, for the two licensing  
classes which remain above Technician level. These are required for  
operations on most HF bands, those typically used for longer-distance  
communication.

On Feb 13, 2009, at 2:51 PM, Rachel McConnell wrote:

> I seem to recall hearing that Morse code is no longer a requirement  
> for
> getting a ham license.  I presume that it's still useful for actually
> talking to other hams, many or most of whom are probably still using  
> it?
>
> Rachel
>
> Mitch Altman wrote:
>> Morse code would be fun to get good at again.  I used to be able to  
>> do
>> 20wpm pretty well.  Playing with others would be a good way for all  
>> of
>> us to learn and become proficient.
>>
>>
>> Mitch.
>>
>>
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>>
>>> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:30:17 -0800
>>> From: josh at joshisanerd.com
>>> To: maltman23 at hotmail.com
>>> CC: michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com; noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
>>> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] CQ CQ CQ de KA6RCQ
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 12:39:24PM -0800, Mitch Altman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Starting a Noisebridge ham class might generate a bunch of interest
>>>
>>> I'd definitely be interested in coming; I've had the first Radio  
>>> Shack
>>> licensing book kicking around for a few years now, but still haven't
>>> gotten into it.
>>>
>>> Relevant tangent: the first thing I built at noisebridge was an
>>> arduino sketch that decodes Morse code to ASCII and stuffs it into a
>>> buffer. It then looks for a password match in there, and drives a
>>> digital output when it finds .
>>>
>>> The relevance: I have a good starting point on an arduino-based  
>>> morse
>>> trainer, if anyone would be interested in collaborating. My morse is
>>> awful, and I don't really know how fast to make dits/dahs, etc.
>>> Having someone who is fluent in morse and knows what they'd want  
>>> in a
>>> trainer would be really helpful. Any of the hams interested?
>>> --
>>> Josh Myer 650.248.3796
>>> josh at joshisanerd.com
>>
>>
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