[mbriant]

Time to dump those inefficient Blackberries.

http://photos.imageevent.com/mbriant...CodevsText.wmv

 

[Nick 214]

I'm working on my Ham radio license, and I love the code!

NK

 

[stewtheking]

Nice, that's some serious morse-code skill.

 

[Uncle Erik]

Haven't used it much lately, but I learned code for amateur radio.

The FCC has since dropped the code requirement for General and Extra, but it is still worth learning. The amateur licenses are worth getting - the electronics sections teach you the fundamentals and you get a good grounding in RF, as well.

You still have to know Code for the commercial marine licenses, but I wonder how much longer that will last.

73

 

[Born2bwire]

Hahha, nice. No matter how you slice it though, it still sounds really neat.

 

[1117]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncle Erik /img/forum/go_quote.gif Haven't used it much lately, but I learned code for amateur radio. The FCC has since dropped the code requirement for General and Extra, but it is still worth learning. The amateur licenses are worth getting - the electronics sections teach you the fundamentals and you get a good grounding in RF, as well. You still have to know Code for the commercial marine licenses, but I wonder how much longer that will last. 73

You mean it was dropped as the standard, or dropped altogether? Wouldn't it be a requirement to still be fluent in this code for the "just-in-case" scenarios?

 

[ken36]

Historical reenactments, put the code to good use.

 

[Arainach]

And I can get stuff done 10 times as fast with a console and keyboard as you can with a mouse; doesn't mean the keyboard is the technology that wins (or, even, the superior technology). Ease of use is an increasingly important factor.

 

[tylernol]

Wow those guys suck at text messaging.

Period.

Tyler

 

[JSTpt1022]

Yeah. In fairness, it looked like those guys were using flip phones without full keyboards. I've seen some crazy text messaging on the iPhone that would kill morse-code hands down.

 

[Arainach]

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSTpt1022 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yeah. In fairness, it looked like those guys were using flip phones without full keyboards.

Which is what 99% of the text-messaging world uses. It's the only fair basis for a test. We're not comparing Morse Code to typing, we're comparing it to text-messaging.

 

[dgbiker1]

I'll take a chisel and clay tablet thank you very much.

 

[bhd812]

smoke signals are taught in all sprint and nextel manuals for people in the Chicago area, that's why their customers don't get charged roaming..

hell the pony express would beat my old nextel texting..seriously

 

[Jeff Guidry]

Wouldn't it be neat if someone hacked a phone and installed a morse code program on it to write text messages?

 

[mrdeadfolx]

You mean here I've been using morse code to communicate and all this time ive been able to type stuff on a phone? Man, I feel like an idiot.