Personally, I think it's simply a matter of effectiveness. CW allows
far more QSOs in the same space with less irritating clutter, and CW is
more effective in working a new multiplier (or a new country for those
chasing outside awards) on weak paths.
It isn't even particularly important to be able send and receive CW very
well to appreciate the difference. Spots give you the other guy's
callsign and exchange (for CQWW) and logging programs do the sending for
you.
For an average station, there are advantages to CW that go beyond
personal preference.
73,
Dave AB7E
On 12/18/2015 2:22 AM, Stan Stockton wrote:
Another take on this....
For those who were required to know CW (send and receive perfectly for a minute
at 20 WPM to get an extra class license) CW is their favorite mode by a big
margin. For the group that either did not have to know CW at all or only had
to pass a multiple choice test at some slow speed, SSB is more likely to be
their choice.
We don't know that this is true by the results posted, but my guess is that if
you surveyed the younger people who are capable of operating CW proficiently,
their preference by a good margin would also be CW.
I think it has little to do with age and more to do with what you have
mastered. Kudos to those who were not required to know CW but mastered it
anyway. Their overall enjoyment of the hobby is heightened over those who have
not.
73...Stan, K5GO
On Dec 17, 2015, at 4:34 PM, John Reilly <ReillyJF@comcast.net> wrote:
At the moment, CW is the favorite contest operating mode; however, if you look
at the Favorite Mode by Age graph, this isn't true for hams less than 40 years
old. I think as we get new (younger) hams into contesting, CW will not maintain
it dominance. I predict SSB, and especially Data modes, will increase in
popularity.
- 73, John, N0TA
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