[CW] ARRL survey.

[Donald Chester]

...i have to agree that
>'i don't operate cw' is a valid option to include
>on the survey. they often have selections on their
>polls like this, for example, this recent poll:
>
>Poll date: May 21, 2004
>When you operate FM mobile, do you use a full-sized
>"mobile transceiver" or a handheld rig?
>
>  I use a full-sized mobile transceiver 44.6 % (1679)
>  I use a handheld                      15.9 % (598)
>  I use both!                           30.6 % (1154)
>  I don't operate FM in the car          3.5 % (132)
>  I don't operate FM at all              5.4 % (204)
>                                   Total votes: 3767
>
>notice the 'i don't operate fm' options.
>and again:
>
>Poll date: April 23, 2004
>What is the primary emergency power source for your
>station?
>
>Battery and/or solar                   53.3 % (1606)
>Gasoline generator                     25.0 % (754)
>Wind generator                          0.2 % (5)
>Other                                   1.8 % (54)
>I don't have an emergency power source 19.7 % (595)
>                                  Total votes: 3014
>

The CW question would be valid if the poll were limited to hams with HF 
privileges.  But if no-code techs also participate, that skews the result 
because there is so little CW on VHF/UHF, and no-code techs (and most 5 wpm 
techs) would not be expected to operate CW in any case.

I recall reading somewhere that no-code techs make up about 50% of the US 
ham population.

A few years ago it was  reported that Japan had an amateur population 
several times that of the US.  Those figures were inflated by a 10w no-code 
licence in that country, and the actual number of regular hams with full 
privileges was about 60,000.

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