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October 07, 2010

Hi Roger,

• I came across your web page in my quest to learn the history of ZUT. Very interesting page! You have an impressive background. I've been a ham 7 years and recently joined MARS and have heard ZUT used on the air on mars cw nets. After Googling it I found it means 'CW forever' and am assuming it was created after DoD officially did away with cw. But since it seems to have come from the Coast Guard I wonder if you know more of the history of it? There's probably a page out on the web detailing its history...but I sure can't find it. :-)

  Thanks es 73!

  Mike ab3ap
  http://udel.edu/~mm/ham/

October 22, 2009

• Thank you for your great Homepages dear Roger.
  
  I learned morse code when i was over 40 years old (i did not have to learn it). Morse code was the only reason i became a ham.
  
  I especially enjoy the morsecode rythm "BEST BENT WIRE /5" , maybe it is because i am drummer and like every kind of rythm.
  
  Best regards
  
  Hans-Georg (DL3ZM)
  Germany
  

December 23, 2008

• Enjoyed your site on your love of Morse Code.
   
  KA8NJE - from high school electronics class (1980-81)
   
  US Air Force Morse Systems operator 1981 on .......  44 words per minute Morse Code
   
  Charlie B
  
  
  Charles D. Boggus
  California
  

January 19, 2008

• Hello Roger,

  I enjoyed viewing your web page and the info you have posted about Morse code. Congrat's on your high speed certificate. I was part of the U.S. Armed Forces in Europe from 1960-1963, and did high speed morse intercept for the U.S. Government. This was during the Cuban blockade and the Berlin Wall problems. We monitored the Russians, Polish, Czech's and East Germans on a 24/7 basis. We had bay's and bay's of the R-390 series of receivers and used mills to "put it down" with. I copied the Russian news agency TASS that sent out news in Spanish that started out fairly slow at about 18 wpm and went up past 40 wpm, I could copy up to 40 wpm, but couldn't seem to get past that milestone. We didn't have certificates for performance, we just kept on copying day after day after day and of course got pretty good at it. I had a General class amateur radio license before going into the Army, so obviously didn't have much trouble in code school. I am now a retired senior microwave technician of 32 years and a currently licensed U.S. Merchant Marine Radio Officer. To be licensed as such, I had to pass a CW test of 25 wpm by the FCC, which gave me a FCC commercial second class radiotelegraph license.

  Sorry for the long rant...

  Regards
  Bob Schaefer
  McCall, Idaho
  K6OSM since 1958
  U.S. Merchant Marine Radio Officer

September 01, 2004

• Hello, Roger:

  Greetings from Canada!

  During a Google search on the Web, I accidentally came across your Morse Code page and I found it fascinating; so I thought I'd introduce myself.

  My name is Bert, and I live in Windsor, Ontario -- across the river from Detroit, Michigan. In 1946-47, I was trained as a marine radio operator at a technical school in Montreal. I had hoped to become a Radio Officer aboard a merchant ship and sail the Seven Seas... but I ended up as an airline radio operator and weather observer in the northern Canada wilderness (Labrador and Northern Quebec) from 1947 to 1950.

  I too am a Morse code lover. Well-sent Morse code is music to my ears. I really enjoyed high-speed c.w. (I have a 35-wpm certificate from the ARRL), and on the circuit up north we used to handle traffic at speeds between 25 and 40 wpm.

  I deplore the disappearance of c.w. on the shortwave bands (except for the ham bands). I used to really enjoy monitoring ship-to-shore c.w., AMVER messages, weather info, etc... but I'm no longer able to enjoy one of my favourite hobbies -- monitoring marine band c.w. I have a SITOR decoder, so I can still get some ship-to-shore stuff, but that isn't as much fun as copying c.w.

  I could tell you more about my background (including my ham radio days) if you're interested.

  Best Regards for now.

  Bert Huneault
  Windsor, ON

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