Comments on: Ham Radio, Vernacular Graphics, and Silent Keys https://www.preservationsound.com/ham-radio-vernacular-graphics-and-silent-keys/ information and ideas about audio history Mon, 05 Sep 2016 13:41:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Art, K4FWJ https://www.preservationsound.com/ham-radio-vernacular-graphics-and-silent-keys/#comment-369693 Mon, 05 Sep 2016 13:41:04 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=2315#comment-369693 Mighty fine write-up on Ham Radio. Especially from apparently a non-Ham. The W4WJ card – in 1959 that operator was licensed as KN4FMA and I was KN4FWJ (both learning novices in Florida) and we would frequently exchange messages in Morse code. BTW – re “over the world” message exchange – the Internet is nice but nothing replaces the thrill of communicating with someone 10,000 mi. away without any wires or 3rd party assistance.

]]> By: TERRY W2PFY https://www.preservationsound.com/ham-radio-vernacular-graphics-and-silent-keys/#comment-145384 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 03:34:25 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=2315#comment-145384 This is a nice site that I somehow found. Lots of good stuff to say the least and thanks for the fine Ham Radio write up!

]]> By: Jerry DeLisle, KF7RCC https://www.preservationsound.com/ham-radio-vernacular-graphics-and-silent-keys/#comment-20889 Sat, 19 May 2012 16:59:56 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=2315#comment-20889 That was a fine write up on the QSL cards. Even a lot of the cell phone technology and texting we do now stemmed out of ham radio. Precurser to the internet was packat radio. On the text messaging side, CW, morse code was really the first text chat and was started back in the day of wired telegrapgh, where the telegraph operators along the railroads would chat with each other to bide the tome between official mesaages. Quite a bit of history here.

Especially thanks for the mention of the Silent Key. That is considered a very high honor and great respect is always given. Thanks, Jerry

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