I agree. There's lots of space on the CW bands, mostly un-used. While
I don't have a problem finding a CW QSO or CW net at present, I fondly
recall my novice days when one would have a problem finding a place for
a QSO. My rig was, as novice requirements stated, crystal controlled.
We always worked "split frequency". Call on one and listen up and down
the band. Proudly I ended up with WAS (48) on the 80M novice band.
Never been able to do that since.
73
Bob K4TAX
Avila Edward wrote:
>
> Charles, sad but true.........I'm 51 and returned to CW after 35 years of
> phone or no hamming and really disappointed with the CW bands -- last nite
> in fact here on the West Coast at 2100 pst I couldn't "hear" a single CW qso
> either on 40, 30 or 20 meters -- my wire antenna doesn't tune to low end of
> 80.....I'm sure there was cw activity somewhere in the world, but nothing I
> could hear! When I was a kid novice in the 60's I'd get on every nite and
> always had trouble finding an open spot of the CW bands to call
> cq.......other than cw contest weekends, there are nights when all is too
> quiet on 80 and 40 meters cw -- I'm surprised the ssb/digital guys haven't
> been putting more pressure on the arrl/fcc to grab more of the CW segments.
>
> 73.........k6sdw
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Carter [mailto:aa0ri@kansas.net]
> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 9:40 AM
> To: Mike Siegel; tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] CW-Only Rig?
>
> Mike and group,
> I think they would be playing to a very small audience. There are more and
> more open spaces on the cw portion of the band and most of the guys I work
> are older than I am (61). Plus you have to have a TT to really know how
> great they are.
>
> It's a nice thought though.
>
> 73, Chuck
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Siegel <ki6pr@elite.net>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 11:16 AM
> Subject: [TenTec] CW-Only Rig?
>
> >
> > Hi folks -
> >
> > It seems to me that most T-T fans are also big CW fans. I was thinking the
> > other day about how nice it would be if Ten-Tec decided to build an HF
> rig,
> > totally dedicated and completely optimized for CW operation - in other
> > words, the ultimate CW rig.
> >
> > It also occurs to me that with the rest of the world de-emphasizing CW,
> this
> > would be just the right time for such a rig, just to help stir up more
> > interest in the mode.
> >
> > Comments? Other thoguhts?
> >
> > 73 to all,
> > Mike KI6PR
> > El Rancho R.F., CA
> >
> >
> >
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