I just recently came back to amateur radio after being away for 40
years. My plan is to get my code speed back up and do mainly CW. I go to
the Novice area on the 40 meter band and listen to a slow sender when I can
find one. I will tune in a fast sender as back ground while I am working
on my small collection of boat anchors. I am surprised at how many sloppy
code senders there are in the high speed group. I think that a lot of them
need to slow down a bit and get themselves under control.
John
KC0YAI
.At 02:11 PM 1/6/2007, you wrote:
I just can't help it any more. Many of us love CW. Others love other
modes. Want the secret of keeping CW alive. Become CW friendly. We need a
set of freq's on which the beginner can work 5 to 15 WPM without
intimidation. In the past, I've operated by answering a fast CQ at 10 WPM.
Only one in twenty operators slow down to come back. We used to go into
the novice bands and operate slowly to encourage newcomers. I'm sure many
of us still do, but in our desire to be fast, we intimidate the newcomer.
We are at times our own worst enemy, even though it is unintentional.
That's my say. To those who disagree, you may be right. You are entitled
to that opinion
Dave
WA3MKB
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From: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t@tx.rr.com>
> > activity outlet -- like CW, or a test bench. Have you ever
> > met someone who was into ESSB etc who was a CW operator?
> > With the new "no C W" extra class operators, there will
> > likely be more of this misguided activity.
>
> Not interested in starting a thread laoded with the usual flames on this
> subject, because I seem to recall it has come up several times before ...
>
> But, I do fail to see what makes the activity "misguided". Or how not
> having a CW exam is going to make a wit of difference.
>
> Grant/NQ5T
>
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