[ham] [CW] Future of cw

[KD5NWA]

There is a vast difference between the environment a satellite is exposed 
to, and your den, for one you have a layer of ozone miles thick, multiple 
ionized layers in the ionosphere to protect you radio from a solar flare, a 
satellite is out in naked space, exposed to the full effect of a flare, and 
the magnetic sphere and the Van Allen belts.

There have been times were satellites were damaged by solar events, and you 
have zero effects on you or your radio.

Get real!

At 12:07 PM 8/2/2003, Larry wrote:
>Any solar flare big enough to destroy all
>satellites and all communications would take out my cw rig also.Even if by 
>some miracle my cw rig survived who would I
>contact with it? The vast majority of humans don't know cw , period.This 
>idea of cw saving the world is nonsense.
>Cw is just a fun mode used by some hams .
>
>w5wlb
>ootc/fist
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Cecil
KD5NWA