[CW] FCC Releases 71 page NPRM

[Anthony W. DePrato]

very well put Scott:
I have had 1 30 min qso in the past 6 months and that was with a WA3 who 
got his ticket in the 60's like me. sad that it was on ssb that we had this 
qso.. last dozen times i tried to start a long qso on cw i was given their 
handle qth rst wx rpt and 73 gd dx cu agn.
only long qso's i am hearing are from some of the FIST ops. yes we use to 
make friends and learn each others likes. but no more seems the new guys 
just want to make a q and move on.
The few interesting qsos i have had are when i state i restore old gear or 
that i am running a globe 680a or ht 32 or valiant or one of my other rigs.
then i get some questions and man can i talk then hi.. so maybe we should 
start with
rr tnx for come bk om rig is classic  stn bk
then again we have to recall that most new hams do not operate cw and never 
will. but  i have started answering stns that i hear  running slow cw.. 
just in case it is a new ham or an old timer wanting to get up their code 
speed. We need some more slow speed nets on the air again..
73
QBE  ZUT  DE WA4JQS

ANTHONY W. (Tony) DePrato WA4JQS EXTRA - HEAVY
Since 1962
U.S. NAVY VET 63-70
CQ DX HALL OF FAME # 35
A1-OP      FISTS  # 10573
South Sandwich Island Dxpedition Group
CALLS HELD:
WA4JQS/ZS1, WA4JQS/KC4, WA4JQS/4K1
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