Topband: Yaesu Key clicks

[Tom Rauch]

> Some folks with megastations like yours tend to lose sight
of how
> the majority of hams have to live.

Hi Jim,

Your observation was that no one was on CW, and that's why a
manufacturer in a country where 160 is 100% CW by law
doesn't need to worry about correcting a design problem that
won't even affect the cost of the products they sell.

My station and your station doesn't have anything to do with
how many people work CW, except to add two people to the
total count.

I didn't create the stations I heard and the stations that
were worked, I only reported they actually existed (and also
mentioned 40m was loaded with CW after sunrise, it's that
way every day).

There isn't any doubt in my mind there are more people on CW
now than there were 10 or 20 years ago. I think there is
less ragchewing, but that's true on SSB and even on 2 meter
FM. When people want to talk now, they type.

As an example we could be working CW or SSB and talking
about this, but we are here typing. But we both are active
on CW, as are about 50% of the active Hams.

73 Tom