CW may be going out but its mainly due to lazy minds. Of course commercial interests involved too, but that is a separate subject. I am 81 years old and prefer operating CW at 60 to 70 WPM full QSK.
There's nothing that says CW is going away. It is just no longer going to be required to have a license. Anyone that gets a license will truely be missing something if they never learn and operate CW
Author: Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX <RMcGraw@Blomand.Net>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 22:14:15 -0500
The re-farming of the HF bands will most likely have specific "narrow band" segments for things like CW and narrow band digital modes. This sure doesn't look like the FCC has any plans to abolish the
Author: "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 06:28:04 +0300
But could you please miss it somewhere else? There are lots of places where discussions about CW testing are encouraged, this should not be one of them. Why? Quite simply I am on this list to find ou
"The change from "occupied bandwidth" to "necessary bandwidth" was a significant one. Under the necessary bandwidth provisions, all of the testing issues are no longer an issue. " posted by W1RFI on
The primary reason you probably hear about CW on the Ten Tec reflector is because it was Ten Tec that set the standard for a good CW, full QSK radio. And if you want to hear about only Ten Tec gear h
Carl's point is very valid. Here in EU, most countries have canned the CW requirement. Here in Germany, there are a significant number of former technician hams operating CW on the bands. This is esp