On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 01:31:09PM -0600, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
>
> If I understand Justin and Wikipedia correctly, CW doesn't actually
> mean Continuous Wave transmission (a certain kind of transmission in
> which a carrier wave is not turned off as abruptly when keying it off)
> in this context. Instead, in military and ham jargon it seems to
> refer to Morse code itself, with a gloss like "Morse code, which can
> be transmitted over continuous-wave radio".
>
> So rather than talking about “for learning Morse code ("Continuous
> Wave")” we mean something more like “for learning Morse code ("CW" in
> ham radio jargon)”. A case where the acronym gained a life of its
> own.
>
You are really over thinking this and making it way more complex than it needs
to be.
unixcw is a program useful for learning Morse Code.
The CW in unixcw refers to the traditional method of sending Morse code via
radio:
turning on and off (keying) a radio transmitter that otherwise would produce a
continuous wave (CW) emission.
73,
Pat NE4PO
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