[FedCom] Satellite Fixed/Mobile Federal Users

[Tom Ziko]

I am a Ex Navy Radioman, RMC, and I was a CW operator in the Navy, NEC2304, 
and I would never give it up because I happen to enjoy CW. That is also why 
I have been an Amateur Radio operator since 1975. There are many Hams that 
use CW on a daily basis and we have no intentions of giving it up. CW will 
still be around for a very long time. When all other forms of communications 
fail CW will work. F.Y.I. the Navy Radioman rating is not gone, it was 
reclassified to include IT, get your facts straight.  They still have 
equipment for HF & VHF, i.e. transmitters, receivers, antennas that they use 
quite often, as evident to all the Naval HF SSB traffice that is active.

Tom
Tallahassee, FL.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Brazil" <baycomm at earthlink.net>
To: "Discussion of Federal Government Communications" 
<fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: [FedCom] Satellite Fixed/Mobile Federal Users


> Almost nobody used CW any more.  The radio man rate in the Navy is gone. 
> Hams are almost the only ones using CW & I for one think they should give 
> it up.
> Greg (SF Bay Area)
>
> I COLLECT TRAINS wrote:
>
>> it would be an act of stupidity to give up HF SSB/CW allocations in 
>> favour
>> of SatComms. They should at a minimum keep HF as a backup. satellites can 
>> be
>> shot down or easily jammed. HF/CW is excellent advantage of being able to
>> punch through even intentional jamming. and if an HF station gets 
>> destroyed
>> they can be re-deployed in minutes at another location.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Ken" <rfinder1 at verizon.net>
>> To: "Discussion of Federal Government Communications"
>> <fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 6:31 PM
>> Subject: [FedCom] Satellite Fixed/Mobile Federal Users
>>
>>
>>
>>>Check this source out, there's some surprises:
>>>
>>
>> http://www.house.gov/hasc/schedules/6-21-06CavossaTestimony.pdf#search=%22Iridium%20Satellite%20Services%22
>>
>>>Again, this seems to indicate that HF/SSB usage is going to diminish.
>>>
>>>Ken
>>>
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