[SCCC] [CW] Ode to the Code

[Bob Grubic]

Thanks, Stan. Nice.

73,
Bob NC6Q

On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 1:18 PM stan levandowski <sjl219 at optonline.net>
wrote:

> Just grabbed this off ZS6CNC's QRZ page.  He was on 20M today.  73, Stan
> WB2LQF
>
>    - You must have at times,
>    Thought into the past,
>    Where some things go out
>    While others last
>    What comes to my mind is
>    The old Morse code,
>    That has weathered the storms
>    From any abode.
>
>
>    - To talk with ones fingers
>    Is surely an art,
>    Of any info you
>    Care to impart,
>    In most conditions
>    The signals get through,
>    While the same about phone
>    Is simply not true.
>
>
>    - Those dits and dahs
>    Cut through the trash,
>    Of near by noise or
>    Lightning's crash.
>    To the sensitive ears
>    Of the hams receiver,
>    Who records this data
>    With ardent fever.
>
>
>    - He knows he's doing
>    Something unique,
>    (in such poor conditions,
>    That's quite a feat)
>    To roger the message
>    That came off the air,
>    These brass pounders
>    Sure do have that flair
>
>
>    - They say Morse ops
>    Are a dying breed,
>    But don't despair,
>    There's always that need,
>    That when conditions get rough
>    for the new automation,
>    Be rest assured,
>    There'll be need for your station.
>
>
>    - CW is dying?
>    Believe it never,
>    This mode will be 'round
>    Forever and ever.
>    But one thing is sure,
>    What we really need,
>    Is to relay our knowledge
>    To the younger breed.
>
>
>    - To carry the torch,
>    Long after we're gone,
>    To send Morse code
>    Through the air like a song.
>    When at last,
>    Silent keys pull that lever,
>    We can rest in peace,
>    It's CW forever.
>
>
>
> Written by:
> Jim Hatherley, WA1TBY (SK)
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