[TenTec] No [mandatory] CW

[Rsoifer at aol.com]

Right on.  The mandatory CW test is water under the bridge.  Good  
operators such as the ones Jim mentioned are learning and using CW on their own,  
because it's fun to use and effective for contesting and DXing.  About  90% of 
my operating is CW.
 
73 Ray W2RS
 
In a message dated 2/28/2013 1:34:57 P.M. GMT Standard Time,  
wn3vaw at verizon.net writes:
 
Just  goes to show that not having a mandatory code test doesn't mean 
people won't  choose to learn & use CW.


On 02/28/13, Jim Brown  wrote:

On 2/28/2013 12:19 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
> Over  here, many of our no-code amateurs now work code and in
> fact 2 of them  (members of our BCC) consistently kick my butt in CW
>  contests,

That's also true here in Silicon Valley, where young Turks  N6ML,N6NUL, 
and N6WM are no-code Extras with great CW chops and first rate  
contesters. These guys are smart computer engineers, and none are older  
than 40.

73, Jim  K9YC

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