[CW] Our Position on Morse Requirement

[Rein A. Smit]

  Hello All,

  Here are 4 email messages that make the point about growing up many time stronger
  than I can make it:

  These are from moon bouncers, CW weak signal operators by necessity!


  Subject: [Moon-net] VHF: SKD87A
     Date:  Sun, 27 Jul 2003 19:20:13 -0000
     From: "W3EME Brian Manns" <w3eme@mtwirefree.net>
       To:  <moon-net@nlsa.com>

   I recently was introduced to the program " EchoLink"....I've
   decided to use this to assist in sked requests, since it sure beats
   typing... The program does a number of things, but for this purpose
   I will use it to replace MSN, AOL, ICQ...etc...so I'd ask those who have
   me in their instant message programs give this a try instead.
 
   I will have the program running when I am home & available
   to talk...
 
   73's      Brian w3eme
 
 
   http://www.echolink.org/el/

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   Subject: [Moon-net] EME EchoLink
   Date:     Mon, 28 Jul 2003 14:35:52 +1000
   From:     Doug McArthur <tikaluna@ycs.com.au>
    To:      moon-net@nlsa.com




    Arrrh now I know where everybody is ....
    Crawl out of bed call CQ for ages in both European and US windows (from here)
    and only ONE signal (VK4AFL) heard all weekend on 432.
    And it was not 'conditions'.
    Why bother ???? At this rate I just may have to take skeds to have a QSO!
    Doug VK3UM

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    Subject: RE: [Moon-net] EME EchoLink
       Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 03:50:07 -0400
       From: "Russ Pillsbury" <k2txb@dxcc.com>
         To: <moon-net@nlsa.com>


     Hi Doug. I agree with you normally.  The whole echolink concept is so anti
     to everything about ham radio that I have refused to even try it.

     That said, I do think that Brian's intended use of it is not so bad.  He
     only is using it to take sked requests.  Clearly he cannot work stations all
     over the world, reliably, to get their sked requests via RF, on a daily
     basis.  While echolink will allow him to do this, I don't see the attraction
     versus plain old email.

     In fact, Brian, if you would create a simple form for people to set up their
     email sked requests with, it would not be hard to create an automatic
     parsing utility to extract them from the emails you receive and add them to
     your sked list in the proper format.

     In any case, congratulations Brian - I think you have found about the only
     valid use of echolink!

     73 all, Russ K2TXB

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      Subject: Re: [Moon-net] EME EchoLink
      Date:   Mon, 28 Jul 2003 10:04:12 -0000
      From:   "W3EME Brian Manns" <w3eme@mtwirefree.net>
       To:    "Russ Pillsbury" <k2txb@dxcc.com>, <moon-net@nlsa.com>

      Russ & Doug & others....

      I can type messages (two fingers) slowly or I can talk on the phone.
      I have a phone & I have my radio....I look at EchoLink as just that...a FREE
      phone.

      For retired folks in nursing homes and who are restricted and cannot have
      radio and/or antennas the Echolink to them must be a great thing.

      When I first looked at the program, I had the same reaction as Doug...
      I was shocked ! I didn't think the future to replace radio would come so
      quick..
      there it was, looking me in the face.  BUT, I decided to only view it as the
      two previous statements......

                                                  Brian w3eme

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      I would suggest we all enjoy amateur radio as long as we can and in
      whatever form is possible and we do not force others to our ways of
      doing things or think patterns....

      I am not after starting flame wars on this or any other reflector
      nor do i want to upset anybody.

      73 Rein PA0ZN