[CW] CW - No code - and little code

[kburrows]

At what time does the Canadian Net take place on 7030 Khz??
They must be down there just to aggravate you fellows
because there is almost no Canadian activity most of the
time on 40 in the rest of the band...

Thanks

VE1DS
----- Original Message -----
From: <N2EY@aol.com>
To: <N7DC@cs.com>
Cc: <cw@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: [CW] CW - No code - and little code


> In a message dated 9/21/03 9:07:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time, N7DC@cs.com
> writes:
>
>
> > I dont think 20 percent is reasonable.  For a band like 40 meters, that
> > would
> > give us only 60 KC for CW and allow the SSBers all the way down to 7.063
> > (LSB), and thats just here in the states.
>
> No, that's not what I meant!
>
> I'm saying that, in the unfortunate event code testing is completely
removed,
> the bands should be divided into three subbands-by-mode: CW-only, CW/data,
> and CW/phone/image. IOW, CW allowed everywhere but encouraged to stay in
the
> CW-only part.
>
> No widening of the 'phone/image subbands.
>
>
>
>
> If stateside stations were allowed that
> >
> > low, guess where the DX, Canadians, and Mexicans would start showing up.
>
> They already do. A Canadian net meets on 7030.
>
>
>
> > What we need are sub-bands with teeth in them.  They should be
World-Wide,
> > not
> > just US sub-bands, but we are never likely to succeed in that.
>
>
> The rest of the world pretty much is a free-for-all. That's not a good
thing.
>
> >
> >   I have been saying for months (if not years): Let anyone take a test
for
> > HF, without code.  If they want to work code, THEN THEY SHOULD TAKE A
CODE
> > TEST.
> > Its the only mode that truly takes skill, and we should earn it before
we
> > are allowed there.
>
>
>
> >
> > Speaking of skill.  The recent adoption of new international rules, and
the
> > not-so-recent downspeeding of CW tests here in the states are really
> > starting
> > to show on the bands.  More and more I am hearing extremely low CW
speeds on
> >
> > the lower parts of the bands, and not only that, much of it is just
> > downright
> > unreadable.  I would never pass a Scout for 5 wpm, who sent that poorly,
and
> > I
> > have tested hundreds.  Last night I heard dozens of Washington State
> > stations
> > in SR test.  A few of them were gliding along at 20 wpm or better with
an
> > automatic keyer, and when I gave them a call, they came back with the
most
> > horrible
> > sounding keying possible, with me barely able to understand what they
were
> > trying to say.  THEY WERE ALL USING EXTRA CALLS.  Now it may be that
these
> > were
> > club calls, and they were brand new to CW, but it doesn't lead me to
have
> > any
> > confidence in our new testing schemes.  By the way, my old buddy Rex -
K7QQ
> > -
> > Was ripping along at 40 wpm, and when he came back, I could read it.
Rex
> > was
> > my very first contact on the bands, and is still putting Washington on
the
> > score sheets.
> >
> >
>
> All that's really happened is that the Novice bands have been effectively
> widened.
>
> Remember too that sending hasn't been tested for about 20 years.
>
> At least they're trying the mode.
>
> 73 de Jim, N2EY
>
>
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