Peripatetic Morse (PM)
Jun 01, 2022
4 minutes
BY PAUL SIGNORELLI,* WØRW
Definitions:
Peripatetic – Pedestrian; itinerant, journeys hither, thither and yon.
Morse – Morse code; an original digital format.
In the Beginning
My first exposure to Peripatetic Morse (PM) was when I had just taken my Elecraft KX1 out to the field. It was in Elephant Park, west of Denver. There were no picnic tables available, so I picked up my KX1, put my 10-foot whip in my rear pocket, hooked it to the antenna jack and the KX1 tuned the thing right up. I was on 20 meters and made a few contacts out to approximately 1,000 miles. I was out on a looping trail and it had steep sections with trees to dodge. But it worked.).
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