Morse code is not dead!

Camp Mackall was an abandoned air strip when I was at Bragg, we sometimes used it for field problems, but not often. That would have been '66-'68

 

The trick is to keep listening. I've found out lately that my speed is still around ten wpm, and I haven't been on CW for years. Just listening to CW QSO's is bringing my comprehension back up, and I'm finally at the point where I hear the characters as code, instead of dits and dahs, which is the point I've always wanted to be at.

William Warren

 

I haven't had any exposure to Morse code for decades. I had a few months training in .mil, until it was determined that I was better suited to being a grunt than discovering the mysteries of HF aerial tuning. I got to carry a platoon ANPRC 25Set as a radio operator, which motivated me to becoming an officer so that someone else could carry that load, not understanding at the time that the weight of command is much heavier than any ANPRC 25Set.

I think of Morse code as I do Latin...an interesting thing to learn, but with many other demands on my time, the cost benefit analysis is not in favour of much time investment in it.

 

First place I ever saw a fox squirrel! Thanks for the memories!