From: utzoo!decvax!cca!Stephany.WBST@PARC-MAXC@sri-unix
Newsgroups: net.ham-radio
Title: Re: CODE FREE
Article-I.D.: sri-unix.4687
Posted: Tue Dec  7 08:35:33 1982
Received: Wed Dec  8 03:03:19 1982



The Captain cried, "Another blast from those $%~#@ Xydjfs !!!!  Its carried away
our radar and communication system !!!  But we can outmanuver them !!! Turn
on the foreward thrusters and get to excape speed !!  We can warn Earth of the
coming  Xydjfs invasion if we can get a message off in time !!  Call Rick Snafu,
Electronics Genius, He can do it if anyone can  !!!!"

Rick Safu amples in, sits down, puts his feet up on the rocket ships control
panel.  "Whatdaya want cheif ?"

"Rick," yells the chief, " its up to you, Earth will be destroyed if we don't warn
them.  You are the only one aboard that can do it.  We must communicate with
Earth."

"Nothing to it, Chief.  I have already looked through the ship and the only
thing left is one old 2N2222.  I can wire it up in a giffy, nothing too it.  I leaned
the morse code as an Eagle scout so we won't have any trouble keying it by
shorting these two wires togeather !!!"

"A Genius !!!  Rick, you have done it again.  The Earth will be saved from the
dreaded  Xydjfs  !!!  and we owe it all to you !!!"

"Remember that on my next review.  Well, here goes."

SOS  SOS  SOS  de  Space Ship  Beagle
SOS  SOS  SOS  de  Space Ship  Beagle

"Blazes," cursed the captain, "Why don't they respond ? Your signal must be
getting through.  I can hear them all yacking away on 2 millimeters."

"Aw nuts, " said Rick, "don't you remember ?"No Hams copy code anymore,
particularly on the downlink frequencies.  They all have code free liceses now
!!  The four to eight hours needed to learn it was just too much for their poor
little brains."

"Then Earth is doomed," said the Captain.

"Yes, " said Rick, "The future is theirs that prepare for it.  The settlements on
Sirus B require code for all licenses.  Lets head there and warn them on the
way.  No point in going back to Earth.  Shows you what happens when you
depend too much on technology you cannot really control.  When something
goes wrong you have to drop to a lower technology.

"Well," mused the Captain, "Thats the law of life, survival of the fittist, not the
most sophiticated."

					Joe, N2XS  (spark forever !!)