So true. I became a ham a year ago specifically to be a CW op. Granted I
learned CW in the Navy over 40 years ago and it was fairly easy (?) for me to
pick it up again, but for me CW is everything I associate with being a ham.
73
Steve Roberts-W1SFR
Sudbury, VT
On Feb 28, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Rsoifer@aol.com wrote:
> Right on. The mandatory CW test is water under the bridge. Good
> operators such as the ones Jim mentioned are learning and using CW on their
> own,
> because it's fun to use and effective for contesting and DXing. About 90%
> of
> my operating is CW.
>
> 73 Ray W2RS
>
> In a message dated 2/28/2013 1:34:57 P.M. GMT Standard Time,
> wn3vaw@verizon.net writes:
>
> Just goes to show that not having a mandatory code test doesn't mean
> people won't choose to learn & use CW.
>
>
> On 02/28/13, Jim Brown wrote:
>
> On 2/28/2013 12:19 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
>> Over here, many of our no-code amateurs now work code and in
>> fact 2 of them (members of our BCC) consistently kick my butt in CW
>> contests,
>
> That's also true here in Silicon Valley, where young Turks N6ML,N6NUL,
> and N6WM are no-code Extras with great CW chops and first rate
> contesters. These guys are smart computer engineers, and none are older
> than 40.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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