[AMPS] ARRL and QST (and CW Relevance)

[Andy Wallace]

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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