[CW] Here come the Attacks!

Thu, 22 Jan 2004 13:15:48 -0600

John,
My first inclination was to say "watch out for the troll" but these comments
are so stupid that anyone with half a brain wouldn't put something like this
out.  I suggest we all chip in and help this poor idiot by showing him what
CW sounds like and secondly let's buy him an old Heath HR-10 or something
similar that will receive HF.  Obviously he is using a Montgomery Ward
tabletop AM radio for a receiver and must be sending CQ with two paperclips,
hi.  What an idiot!

Please don't tell us his call nor the reflector he is found on because it
would even embarrass me to know his kind individual has found their way into
our hobby!

Sign me dismayed,
Tony, W4FOA

----- Original Message -----
From: "W2AGN" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 12:09 PM
Subject: [CW] Here come the Attacks!

> Now that the ARRL has come out with its proposal, here come the attacks on
the
> CW bands. This is copied from another Reflector, just to show the
ignorance
> that is out there.
>
> /quote
> A Much more important issue to me is the fact that CW is dead for all
> practical purposes, it "IS" still a means of communicating when nothing
> else will work.  but the FACT is the TIMES have changed,  YOU can go into
> the CW portion of the band and dial up and down for 100's of KC's and
NEVER
> hear a signal.   And, you can call CQ at times for over and HOUR and
> finally just give up because NOBODY will come back to you.  Question to
ASK
> YOURSELF.   When was the last time  "YOU" made a CW Contact? HUH? if its
> been at least  5 years or more then this will be a "hoss" you may want to
> ride!
>
> My thought is that we petition the FCC, to OPEN  most all The CW portion
of
> the band for Phone operation, leave 5 to 10 kc's for all the CW op's to be
> able to go there and find, a MUCH more used portion of the Band.  But
> reallocate the rest of the CW portion of the bands for phone operation,
> still maintaining some LICENSE classification separation!
>
> IF, these ARRL  PROPOSED changes  do in fact get put into Law, then at the
> same time we could have perhaps a bit more phone band to help over come
> the  ONSLAUGHT of the newly  licensed and the Grand fathered higher
classes.
> /unquote
>
> The battle has just begun!
>
>
> --
> John W2AGN
> http://w2agn.net
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