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PhulesAu · May 24, 2019

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/morse-code-celebrates-175-years-and-counting-180972248/

baboon · May 24, 2019

I remember as a kid when CB radios where the big deal you had to know morse code to get a license for a CB radio.

popper · May 24, 2019

Morse code for ham radio, not CB.

baboon · May 24, 2019

popper said:
Morse code for ham radio, not CB.

I could have sworn my dad had to learn it in the late 60's. Dude across the street was into ham radio. My dad never went that far.

Kar98 · May 24, 2019

That was the whole thing about CB that you DIDN'T need a license or knowledge of Morse for it.

PhulesAu · May 24, 2019

Kar98 said:
That was the whole thing about CB that you DIDN'T need a license or knowledge of Morse for it.

lol for a lot of cbers knowledge in general....

Sock Puppet · May 24, 2019

Kar98 said:
That was the whole thing about CB that you DIDN'T need a license or knowledge of Morse for it.

You did need a license for CB at one point. Eventually, (70s?) the FCC took away the need for a license (licensed by rule).

Moonpie · May 24, 2019

CB radio did require a license in the mid 1970’s.
They were all the rage then.
I also remember you better not get caught in Mexico with one. Plenty of dumbarse south Texas deer hunting Bubba’s visiting Boys Town made that mistake and got $ raped.

baboon · May 24, 2019

Moonpie said:
CB radio did require a license in the mid 1970’s.
They were all the rage then.
I also remember you better not get caught in Mexico with one. Plenty of dumbarse south Texas deer hunting Bubba’s visiting Boys Town made that mistake and got $ raped.

Hell I'm talking about mid 60's. Perhaps my dad was studying morse code just to get away from the wife & kids. Hell funny I still remember their call sign was KLJ5773

no2gates · May 24, 2019

CB stands for Citizens Band. Everyone was allowed to use it (with a license up to 4 watts, no license was 100milliwatts). Morse code was never required. Ham radio license used to require morse code up until around 1995, then they dropped the code requirement for the Technician class license, then they dropped code requirement on all class licenses around 2007.

A LOT of hams still prefer to use morse code to this day.

tonelar · May 24, 2019

was issued a cb license in the mid-late 70’s

the fcc eased up on licensing requirement around 78-79 iirc

no2gates · May 24, 2019

tonelar said:
was issued a cb license in the mid-late 70’s

the fcc eased up on licensing requirement around 78-79 iirc

I still remember my CB license that I got in 1976: KALG2312

tonelar · May 24, 2019

no2gates said:
I still remember my CB license that I got in 1976: KALG2312

mine was issued after yours KAMI5571

TX OMFS · May 24, 2019

no2gates said:
I still remember my CB license that I got in 1976: KALG2312

tonelar said:
mine was issued after yours KAMI5571

Mine's longer than both of y'all's.

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