[CW] cw future

Sat, 2 Aug 2003 20:00:52 -0500

----- Original Message -----
From: "n3drk" <[email protected]>
To: "Larry" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: [CW] cw future


> >Cw is not going to save the day because no one except a few hams use it.>
>
> A few hams use it! You would be wise to spin that dial to the lower
portion
> of the band and listen to the cw signals. Perhaps you have not done that
in
> a few years.
>


> Been spinning those dials for 30+ years and the number of people who use
cw on the planet earth are
still just a drop in the bucket.
>
>
> > Get on your cw rig and see if you can raise your local police or fire or
> local or state government.In the real world you reach for your phone not
> your mfj cub :):)
> w5wlb>
>
> For your information the local police or fire or local or state
governments
> have THEIR ASSIGNED OPERATING FREQUENCIES and due to that it is IMPOSSIBLE
> to contact them. :)))
>
> Poor Larry
>  Pick up a phone , that will work :)
> :))
>
> I spent 3 years as a police supervisor with Dallas Pd and am well aware of
all aspects of police communications in Dallas.
The point is that I am just tired of hearing all the tired old arguments abt
cw saving the world, when all else fails cw gets through etc blah blah. The
truth is that no one reaches for their mfj cub when they need help. They
pick up a phone. Get real.
Accept cw for what it is, a grand old tradition and a fun mode.
73
w5wlb
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