[CW] ARRL survey.

[AH7I]

"I don't operate CW" is a reasonable response. I just read it as. "I don't
know how to operate CW".

If a chicken can learn to play the piano, why can't a ham learn the code?

-bob
ah7i


On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, George Allgood wrote:

> Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 17:22:08 -0400
> From: George Allgood <w4gfa at bellsouth.net>
> To: Donald Chester <k4kyv at hotmail.com>, cw at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [CW] ARRL survey.
>
> Donald,  your point is valid.  My contention is a bit simpler but far more
> sinister.   The "I don't operate CW" response
> is included in ARRL's "SURVEY" to raise another chorus of the "I hate CW"
> national anthem.  I have no intention of getting into a urination contest
> with anyone on any list, but I regard this ARRL poll as just another
> instrument for the no-coders to prove their
> point, that there's no need for Morse Code anytime, anywhere.  And ARRL, our
> national organization, on purpose or accidentally, is helping them do it.
>
> George Allgood, W4GFA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donald Chester" <k4kyv at hotmail.com>
> To: <cw at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 2:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [CW] ARRL survey.
>
> > 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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