[CW] The future can still be good

[Tim Randa]

Hello my friends. Many of the posts the last few days have told of =
attempts and accomplishments of learning morse code. In my mind it makes =
little difference how a person learns code. Duct tape a code cassette on =
your forehead when you sleep if it works for you. Those that haven't yet =
learned or those who have convinced themselves they can't hopefully have =
picked up a few pointers or maybe some motivation. I was lucky enough to =
have a local club that offered code classes, and I considered myself =
very lucky to have gotten in ham radio (1978) back when all a novice had =
was cw. It forced me to learn and increase my speed in order to upgrade, =
and offered no distractions that took me away from cw operation as the =
new hams of today have to deal with. Looking at the open hostility =
towards code now a days and the inevitable dropping of the code =
requirement in the future I have little doubt the fight for our beloved =
mode is just beginning. The nocode crowd don't just want to drop the =
requirements...they will not be satisfied till cw is off the bands =
altogether. Every time they hear cw on the bands they will think/know =
that someone thinks them less than a real ham for not knowing code. It =
is an agenda that started many years ago and will continue till you only =
need to send in the post card that came with your new radio for a =
license to operate. As the years click by our cw portion of the bands =
will get smaller and smaller. I predict in 10 years the cw "elitist" =
will be in a very narrow sliver of band space and the ssb crowd will get =
their jollies "dropping the key" on cw qso's. I hope I'm wrong...but =
that is rarely the case...hi

Just a thought to a great reflector

de Tim  K=D8FL

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