CW Then and Now THE FIRST DIGITAL MODE

Before Twitter and Facebook, there was Morse code:

• Remembering social media’s true inventor – Samuel Morse

• By Michael S. Rosenwald May 24, 2017 Washington Post

• March of 2006, a college dropout named Jack Dorsey finished coding a site for Internet users to post 140-character messages.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/05/24/before-there-was-twitter-there-was-morse-code-remembering-social-medias-true-inventor/?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.41268224fecc

Jack Dorsey - Twitter • “The definition was ‘a short burst of

inconsequential information’ and ‘chirps from birds,’ ” Dorsey said. “And that’s exactly what the product was.”

• Internet histories record Dorsey’s first tweet as a pivotal moment in the rise of social media.

• They are wrong. The history of social media began almost two centuries earlier, on May 24, 1844, when Samuel F.B. Morse, a painter-turned-inventor, sent a message from Washington to Baltimore.

“I saw the code a com’in” • Nashville TN Johnny Cash Museum

Johnny Cash Museum

W0VMP Vintage Equipment

•Heathkit HW-16 •Heathkit DX-60 •Collins 75A-4 and KWS-1 •Johnson Viking 1 •National NC-240D

Heathkit HW-16

Heathkit DX 60

Collins 75A-4 Receiver

Collins KWS-1 Transmitter

Johnson Viking 1

National NC-240D Receiver

Collins KWM-2 and 30L-1 (Ameritron AL-811H)

Collins – Kenwood - Ameritron

KSM to KPH •MRHS has returned the iconic KPH call sign to the air

•KPH is on the air every Saturday from 1000 to 1600 Pacific time

KPH CW Transmit Frequencies:

• 426 • 500 • 4247.0 • 6477.5 • 8642.0 • 12808.5 • 17016.8 • 22477.5

K6KPH Frequencies • 3550.0

• 7050.0

• 14050.0

• 18097.5

• 21050.0

Get Involved QKS • 3547 Kansas CW Traffic Net Nightly at 1900

and 2200 Local Time • Check-in procedure • Send identifier (i.e. the letter V) • Net control acknowledges by sending V • Send complete call sign (i.e. W0VMP) • Net control acknowledges with call sign • GE (good evening) (name) TU (thank you)

Check-in procedure • Net control makes a list of stations then sends

call signs one at a time • You respond with R when your call sign is sent • Net control then will list traffic QTC or if no

traffic QRU and excuse you from net QNX • You respond with your call sign, GE (good

evening) 73, CL (clear)

W0QQQ • Kansas State Amateur Radio Club • Number Five in Nation ARRL School Club

Roundup • Active members – students, faculty, staff • HF • VHF • UHF • SSB CW and various other digital modes • Amateur Television

Opportunities The Straight Key Century Club (SKCC) is the fastest growing group of mechanical-key CW operators in the world.

January 1 is reserved for ARRL Straight Key Night. Enjoy CW as it has been sent and enjoyed since the earliest days of Amateur Radio.

Key Demonstration and Questions