"WANTED: Morse key / tapper (Bury St. Edmunds)".

Interesting, I wonder why?

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Davey.

On 02/03/2023 in message <ttplla$8i0v$1@dont-email.me> Davey wrote:

>"WANTED: Morse key / tapper (Bury St. Edmunds)".
>
>Interesting, I wonder why?

There are a lot of active radio amateurs using morse, perhaps he wants to
join them?

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
640k ought to be enough for anyone.
(Bill Gates, 1981)

Davey <davey@example.invalid> wrote

> "WANTED: Morse key / tapper (Bury St. Edmunds)".

> Interesting, I wonder why?

There are still some into that stuff.

On 02/03/2023 08:10, Davey wrote:
> "WANTED: Morse key / tapper (Bury St. Edmunds)".
>
> Interesting, I wonder why?
>
Lots of Morse on the amateur bands. Go to any one of the web based short
wave receivers, e.g.

http://hackgreensdr.org:8901/

and you will usually be able to see some dots and dashes in the bottom
of the band....

.... or he could be the usual freecycle free loader. Even old grotty ex
WD keys fetch £30.00 e.g. :-

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165908782300

nice examples can reach £200 or more

Dave

On 02/03/2023 08:10, Davey wrote:
> "WANTED: Morse key / tapper (Bury St. Edmunds)".
>
> Interesting, I wonder why?
>
.... .... .. _

On Thu, 2 Mar 2023 09:54:50 +0000
David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> wrote:

> On 02/03/2023 08:10, Davey wrote:
> > "WANTED: Morse key / tapper (Bury St. Edmunds)".
> >
> > Interesting, I wonder why?
> >
> Lots of Morse on the amateur bands. Go to any one of the web based
> short wave receivers, e.g.
>
> http://hackgreensdr.org:8901/
>
> and you will usually be able to see some dots and dashes in the
> bottom of the band....
>
> ... or he could be the usual freecycle free loader. Even old grotty
> ex WD keys fetch £30.00 e.g. :-
>
> https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165908782300
>
> nice examples can reach £200 or more
>
> Dave

Yes, I had wondered about their price at auction. It's the kind of
thing that appears occasionally at our local sales place. I didn't
think £200, though, that's good.

--
Davey

David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> wrote:
> On 02/03/2023 08:10, Davey wrote:
>> "WANTED: Morse key / tapper (Bury St. Edmunds)".
>>
>> Interesting, I wonder why?
>>
> Lots of Morse on the amateur bands. Go to any one of the web based short
> wave receivers, e.g.
>
> http://hackgreensdr.org:8901/
>
> and you will usually be able to see some dots and dashes in the bottom
> of the band....

> ... or he could be the usual freecycle free loader. Even old grotty ex
> WD keys fetch £30.00 e.g. :-

> https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165908782300

> nice examples can reach £200 or more

I use a WWII Morse Key 8 Amp No.2, far less glamorous. But I like it…

--
Spike

David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> wrote:
> On 02/03/2023 08:10, Davey wrote:
>> "WANTED: Morse key / tapper (Bury St. Edmunds)".
>>
>> Interesting, I wonder why?
>>
> Lots of Morse on the amateur bands. Go to any one of the web based short
> wave receivers, e.g.
>
> http://hackgreensdr.org:8901/
>
> and you will usually be able to see some dots and dashes in the bottom
> of the band....

> ... or he could be the usual freecycle free loader. Even old grotty ex
> WD keys fetch £30.00 e.g. :-

> https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165908782300

> nice examples can reach £200 or more

I use a WWII Morse Key 8 Amp No.2, far less glamorous. But I like it…

--
Spike

On 02/03/2023 08:10, Davey wrote:

> "WANTED: Morse key / tapper (Bury St. Edmunds)".
>
> Interesting, I wonder why?

It's an emergency, and he wants to go ... --- ...

--
Max Demian

In message <op.1057dqmybyq249@pvr2.lan>, Rod Speed
<rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> writes
>Davey <davey@example.invalid> wrote
>
>> "WANTED: Morse key / tapper (Bury St. Edmunds)".
>
>> Interesting, I wonder why?
>
>There are still some into that stuff.

Although it's been around three decades since passing a morse test was
required to get a full Class-A radio amateur's licence, it continues to
be a very popular mode of communication. Although these days a lot of
the really high-speed stuff is computer-generated and decoded, in
principle all you still need is a supple wrist and a working brain.
--
Ian

On 3/2/2023 1:53 PM, Spike wrote:
> David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> wrote:
>> On 02/03/2023 08:10, Davey wrote:
>>> "WANTED: Morse key / tapper (Bury St. Edmunds)".
>>>
>>> Interesting, I wonder why?
>>>
>> Lots of Morse on the amateur bands. Go to any one of the web based short
>> wave receivers, e.g.
>>
>> http://hackgreensdr.org:8901/
>>
>> and you will usually be able to see some dots and dashes in the bottom
>> of the band....
>
>> ... or he could be the usual freecycle free loader. Even old grotty ex
>> WD keys fetch £30.00 e.g. :-
>
>> https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165908782300
>
>> nice examples can reach £200 or more
>
> I use a WWII Morse Key 8 Amp No.2, far less glamorous. But I like it…
>
>
flashy hi mound for me on a marble slab.....

Well a lot of people used Morse in the services, and many are now getting
old. It would be great to use Morse to keep the old brain cells active. If
you are a radio Amateur, you can tune around the bands and still find a lot
of people sending hand sent mores. Admittedly, these days many bits of
software can both send and receive it, but there are die hard who like the
old fashioned keys, like the ones some airmen had strapped to their thighs
for some forms of communication.

Brian

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"Davey" <davey@example.invalid> wrote in message
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> "WANTED: Morse key / tapper (Bury St. Edmunds)".
>
> Interesting, I wonder why?
>
> --
> Davey.
>

I tried to learn it as a kid. My favourite sender was a bit like a castanet
that you squeezed and it sent the pulse of whatever length you wanted. It
is quite hard though. Also reading it is difficult through a lot of noise.
It used to be mandatory that you learned it if you were a radio operator,
and for the exam to become a Ha,, but not nowadays.

I also had a computer program for decoding RTTY, or radio teletype too.
That could be fun in the old days, but very few use it these days, as most
communication is digital.
Brian

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"Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> wrote in message
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> On 02/03/2023 in message <ttplla$8i0v$1@dont-email.me> Davey wrote:
>
>>"WANTED: Morse key / tapper (Bury St. Edmunds)".
>>
>>Interesting, I wonder why?
>
> There are a lot of active radio amateurs using morse, perhaps he wants to
> join them?
>
> --
> Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
> 640k ought to be enough for anyone.
> (Bill Gates, 1981)

Yes, I think it was the latter that failed me.
Some keys are beautiful to behold and use. Some of the original telegraph
keys from the last century tended to be polished wood and brass with big
terminals and a lovely positive action. They used to have some at Bletchley
Park, but they have more recently gone all dumbed down.
Brian

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"Ian Jackson" <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In message <op.1057dqmybyq249@pvr2.lan>, Rod Speed
> <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> writes
>>Davey <davey@example.invalid> wrote
>>
>>> "WANTED: Morse key / tapper (Bury St. Edmunds)".
>>
>>> Interesting, I wonder why?
>>
>>There are still some into that stuff.
>
> Although it's been around three decades since passing a morse test was
> required to get a full Class-A radio amateur's licence, it continues to be
> a very popular mode of communication. Although these days a lot of the
> really high-speed stuff is computer-generated and decoded, in principle
> all you still need is a supple wrist and a working brain.
> --
> Ian

On 02/03/2023 14:31, Ian Jackson wrote:
> In message <op.1057dqmybyq249@pvr2.lan>, Rod Speed
> <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> writes
>> Davey <davey@example.invalid> wrote
>>
>>> "WANTED: Morse key / tapper (Bury St. Edmunds)".
>>
>>> Interesting, I wonder why?
>>
>> There are still some into that stuff.
>
> Although it's been around three decades since passing a morse test was
> required to get a full Class-A radio amateur's licence, it continues to
> be a very popular mode of communication. Although these days a lot of
> the really high-speed stuff is computer-generated and decoded, in
> principle all you still need is a supple wrist and a working brain.
spring chicken five decades for me....tee hee

On 02/03/2023 13:53, Spike wrote:
> David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> wrote:
>> On 02/03/2023 08:10, Davey wrote:
>>> "WANTED: Morse key / tapper (Bury St. Edmunds)".
>>>
>>> Interesting, I wonder why?
>>>
>> Lots of Morse on the amateur bands. Go to any one of the web based short
>> wave receivers, e.g.
>>
>> http://hackgreensdr.org:8901/
>>
>> and you will usually be able to see some dots and dashes in the bottom
>> of the band....
>
>> ... or he could be the usual freecycle free loader. Even old grotty ex
>> WD keys fetch £30.00 e.g. :-
>
>> https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165908782300
>
>> nice examples can reach £200 or more
>
> I use a WWII Morse Key 8 Amp No.2, far less glamorous. But I like it…
>
>
But you are still looking at £30.00 ....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266151817682

... and I gave two away last year..

Dave

On Thu, 2 Mar 2023 08:10:18 +0000
Davey <davey@example.invalid> wrote:

> "WANTED: Morse key / tapper (Bury St. Edmunds)".
>
> Interesting, I wonder why?
>

A new offer today:
" OFFER: Pine cones (Westley)

Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 13:46:52 +0000
From: nic_f8

13 large pine cones."

Any interest?
--
Davey.

Davey <davey@example.invalid> wrote:
> A new offer today:
> " OFFER: Pine cones (Westley)
>
> Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 13:46:52 +0000
> From: nic_f8
>
> 13 large pine cones."
>
> Any interest?

Spray 'em silver, sell 'em on the Christmas market for a few quid a pop...

On 12-Mar-23 10:37, Davey wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Mar 2023 08:10:18 +0000
> Davey <davey@example.invalid> wrote:
>
>> "WANTED: Morse key / tapper (Bury St. Edmunds)".
>>
>> Interesting, I wonder why?
>>
>
> A new offer today:
> " OFFER: Pine cones (Westley)
>
> Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 13:46:52 +0000
> From: nic_f8
>
> 13 large pine cones."
>
> Any interest?

Sell them as weather-forecasting devices.
Ecologically sound, low environmental impact, vegan-friendly.

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Sam Plusnet