These are the same guys that pay $600 for a hammer and $1,200 for a toilet
seat.
Alan, W3BV
-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Wallace <andywallace@home.com>
To: dan hearn <dhearn@ix.netcom.com>
Cc: T A RUSSELL <n4kg@juno.com>; AMPS@contesting.com <AMPS@contesting.com>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Date: Thursday, January 28, 1999 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: [AMPS] ARRL and QST (and CW Relevance)
>
>This, I guess, is why the Coast Guard, the military, and ships at sea have
all
>dropped CW as being inefficient and archaic.
>
>Andy K5VM
>
>dan hearn wrote:
>
>> Well said Tom. You have a knack for getting to the heart of the matter.
How
>> many VHF distance records are made using SSB? How many EME contacts are
made
>> by modes other than CW? In WW2 there were cases of POW's tearing up
radios
>> to make QRP CW transmitters and working outside. Could you make a SSB
>> transmitter out of those parts? Not likely. You have read of pilots and
>> others sending CW by using the mike button to key broken am transmitters
in
>> emergencies or sending cw with their auto horns. If you don't understand
CW
>> you can't do any of these things. Emergency communication means more than
>> turning on your HT and working through the local repeater. 73, Dan, N5AR
>>
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