TNScoutTroop Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 "At the risk of being labeled a heretic... If I was in Mazzuca's place, and I was serious about these training requirements, I'd order all Wood Badge courses suspended until no units failed recharter because of a lack of training." Hear! hear! . . . and perhaps . . . "until no unit failed to offer EFFECTIVE IOLS courses, staffed by trainers SKILLED in Scoutcraft"! Tn Scout Troop (In our opinion, Scouting needs Wood badge just about exactly as much as it needs a MB in video games.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNScoutTroop Posted November 12, 2010 Author Share Posted November 12, 2010 Zero clue how this happened -- was posting in the "trainers" thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Not a problem, for the first time ever, we get to take a thread and go off on a hundred different tangents and not have anyone have an excuse to complain! I clicked on the .. just because it looked interesting! Stosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gags Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Just wanted to add my .02 and say "Congrats" - I think you're the current holder of the "Scouter.com Shortest Topic Title" award. Unless you were trying to start a discussion on Morse Code. :-) YiS, Gags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeBob Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Dot, dot, dot; dash, dash, dash; dot dot dot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMHawkins Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Dot, dot, dot; dash, dash, dash; dot dot dot So... they're teaching Morse code at Wood Badge now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCEagle72 Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Why bother? It's not even required for a Ham license anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Last meeting I was reviewing the historic handbooks with the boys and we were going through the requirements for first class. Yep, Morse Code was a requirement. I flippantly said, back in my day, we were real scouts. One of the boys said it wasn't any big deal, he knew Morse Code. I quizzed him and sure enough, he knew it. He walks to school every day, up hill in the snow, too. Stosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platypus96 Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 My old SM collected those old handbooks. He taught us morse code, semaphore, tracking, map-making, etc. Of course, once I heard about the historic merit badge program, I told him and earned three of them within the first few months. I am finishing carpentry on Wednsday. I wish they would keep these badges permanately, they were much more fun to work on then the Citizenships and other school-like badges! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BartHumphries Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 The radio merit badge probably doesn't requires Morse Code anymore because the FCC doesn't require a knowledge of Morse Code for an amateur (ham) radio license anymore. We're sort of technologically past the era when we had to communicate over distances by the pattern of a stick beating on a log, we can just talk with each other now. That being said, it is a fun thing to learn, just like how to redo a broken wicker/rattan chair is a fun thing to learn (and about as useful): http://www.outdoorfurniturefactorys.com/show_OutdoorFurniture.asp?id=249 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woapalanne Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Actually, Morse code, being the first digital mode, is still the most useful for getting through when conditions are rough. Uses far less power and is more comprehensible when signal strength is low. There are some digital modes that rival it in low strength readability, but not in the power usage and simplicity of equipment areas. It's far from obsolete yet. Besides, it's fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airborneveteran Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 - .... . / .. -. - . .-. .-- . -... --.. / .. ... / -... .-. --- -.- . -. .-.-.- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldisnewagain1 Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 .--. . .-. .... .- .--. ... / --- -- / - .... . / - --- -.- . -. / .-. .. -. --. / .. ... / ... - ..- -.-. -.- / .. -. / - .... . / . - .... . .-. -. . - ..--.. / .-- ----- ----- - / .-- ----- ----- - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nike Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Morse Code helped save the world in "Independence Day." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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