[CW] Fwd: My take on CW

[Jay Eimer]

Yep,

I'm a "5WPM" soon to be extra (waiting on the new call sign!) that routinely
operates in the general portions of the CW band at about 15-18WPM on a good
day.  I passed the 5WPM test to get the general, to use on a 10m Radio Shack
mobile.  Then I got more HF gear.  Then I got into PSK.  Then I started
using CW when I wanted to ragchew, but conditions were lousy.  And as I used
it, my speed went up.

BTW, I got my general ticket in April.

Jay
KD5WLX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Chester" <k4kyv@hotmail.com>
To: <cw@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [CW] Fwd: My take on CW


>
> >>As long as CW isn't made an illegal mode, like spark gap, I don't
> >>think making it a license requirement or not, will hurt the number of
> >>CW ops out there.
>
> The problem is, if you don't even have to  learn the basic alphabet to
> become  licensed, fewer newcomers will ever try cw because they don't know
> the code have no interest or incentive to learn it.  If every licensee
must
> have at least has a basic knowledge of the code, a much larger number of
> newcomers will be likely to venture forth to give the mode a try.
>
> There was a ham radio boom during the 50's right after the 5 wpm novice
> ticket came out.  Before that, starting out at 13 wpm cold appeared to be
a
> formidable obstacle that discouraged many would-be hams.
>
> Don K4KYV
>
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