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
>
>-------------- Original message --------------
>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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