http://kb6nu.com/two-more-takes-on-morse-code/ My personal adventures in amateur radio Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:40:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://kb6nu.com/two-more-takes-on-morse-code/#comment-52627 Robert Jonasson Thu, 28 Dec 2006 20:36:15 +0000 http://kb6nu.com/two-more-takes-on-morse-code/#comment-52627 Of course the demise of CW is exaggerated.Many hams will learn it anyway.It was the first digital mode of transmission and it can get through when all other modes can't.Digital decoders need sync and parity bits to decypher the message and don't work in a noisy/fading environment wheras the human mind can interpret the CW message despite missing information due to qrn and qsb.Cw will continue! Bob WB6JRY Of course the demise of CW is exaggerated.Many hams will learn it anyway.It was the first digital mode of transmission and it can get through when all other modes can’t.Digital decoders need sync and parity bits to decypher the message and don’t work in a noisy/fading environment wheras the human mind can interpret the CW message despite missing information due to qrn and qsb.Cw will continue! Bob WB6JRY

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