On Wed, 27 Jan 1999 16:05:38 -0600 Andy Wallace <andywallace@home.com>
writes:
>
>More third grade style strawman arguments--nobody suggested
>making the written exams easier--lets make them HARDER
but dealing with relevant information.
>
>Andy K5VM
>
A nice sounding SIMPLISTIC PLATITUDE, BUT,
RELEVANT to WHO?
Who decides WHAT is relevant?
What really is relevant?
CW was deemed RELEVANT by International Agreement
so that anyone using a radio would be able to recognize
a DISTRESS call. Remember the TITANIC?
CW truly is the INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE.
Someone trained in CW can recognize a distress call
even though he cannot understand a word of English.
Using Q-signals (such as QTH) relevant INFORMATION
can be passed between people who have NO common language
other than CW.
THAT is the RELEVANCE of CW.
I don't buy the feeble excuse that someone can't learn the code.
There may be a miniscule number of exceptions, but MOST
peoply who cry they can't learn the code simply aren't willing
to put forth the time and effort to do so. IMHO, If you are too
lazy to learn the code, you shouldn't play the game.
On the technical side, CW is capable of producing the
highest Signal to Noise ratio because it has the narrowest
Bandwidth of all modulation systems. That alone keeps it
"relevant" as a viable means of communication under
adverse conditions.
de Tom N4KG
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