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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: morse code
Message-ID: <1990Dec14.012315.7858@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1990Dec12.231058.23895@engin.umich.edu>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 90 01:23:15 GMT

In article <1990Dec12.231058.23895@engin.umich.edu> ssave@caen.engin.umich.edu (Shailendra Anant Save) writes:
>  Say, why do people use morse nowadays anyway?

For conformance with antiquated regulations, because they're old-fashioned,
or because they're stranded on a desert island which is well-supplied with
analog electronic parts but has no digital parts.  Morse is basically
obsolete, since digital modulation techniques are far superior at punching
clean signals through noise.
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"The average pointer, statistically,    |Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
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