[CW] ARRL Survey--

[Mark Choate]

I am surprised by either numbers. I have operated field day from several of
the club sites in the St. Louis area in the past few years and either the CW
ops dont venture out for this event or they are too old to take the heat
that time of year but I have found only about 5-10 percent of the folks
operating at all operated CW. Now I did go to a QRP clubs field day and
vertually everyone there operate CW. It was like being at a family reunion,
we could complete sentences for each other. Most enjoyable.

so I am encourage by either of these stats, but dont put much stock in them.

Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marshall Emm" <mgemm at mtechnologies.com>
To: <cw at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 1:55 PM
Subject: [CW] ARRL Survey--


> >> I don't operate CW                49.0 % (2493)<<
>
> Was kind of encouraged by that, or rather the opposite which means that
51% DO
> operate CW, but when I put my own response in, the site said--
>
> I don't operate CW   50.1 % (2789)
>
> Guess it got on a no-code list somewhere and the code haters have started
to
> rally.
>
> Otherwise I guess the results are about what I would have expected,
although
> 20% (of those who operate CW) using a straight key only was something of a
> surprise.
>
> 73
> Marshall Emm
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