[TenTec] No [mandatory] CW

[Stephen Roberts]

So true. I became a ham a year ago specifically to be a CW op. Granted I learned CW in the Navy over 40 years ago and it was fairly easy (?) for me to pick it up again, but for me CW is everything I associate with being a ham.
73
Steve Roberts-W1SFR
Sudbury, VT

On Feb 28, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Rsoifer at aol.com wrote:

> 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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