[1000mp] re -Whats CW ?????

Fri, 19 Apr 2002 09:53:50 -0500

Sure takes a lot longer to read thoses DITS and DAHS than it does to read
english

Tom Baugh
AE9B
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From: "Jennifer Paterson" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [1000mp] re -Whats CW ?????


>
>  What does     ._ ._._. ..._._ . .   I am not jaded yet that I can copy
this code, but it been a few years that they are AR and SK?
>
> 73's
>
> DE,  .--   .-   ....-   -.-.  ...-  ...-
>
>
>
>
>   John Tait <[email protected]> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> > > Whats CW ?????
> > >
> > > 73's John
> >
> > Hell if I know. Maybe it's like RTTY but slower.
> >
> > Norm, W3IZ
>
> Traditionally, CW was a requirment for getting a ham ticket.... Because it
> required a bit of interest, dedication, stickability, balls, and hard
WORK,
> it kept idiots off of the ham bands..
> It also had the added advantage of "levelling the playing field", in that
> the guy with little technical education and a lot of interest in the
hobby,
> was just as likely to get his ticket as the highly qualified "techie"..
> Very democratic...!!
> Nowadays, of course, as the cw requirement standard drops, the IOK index
> (idiots per kHz) rises..
>
> Oh!...I nearly forgot... CW is also a radio mode...And some would claim
that
> it's an art form...!
>
> Vy 73
> de
> . .. _ _... _... ._ ._._. ..._._ . .
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