[CW] Katrina emergency nets

[Jason Artz]

My theory is that hams have become more specialized -
less well-rouded - and CW proficiency is often
seperate from emergency communications interest.  

A lot of the emergency comm folks around here seem
perfectly content to remain no-code techs, or pass
5wpm and forget it.  

Hams have been convinced that CW is very difficult. 
This is a shame.

Just my theory..

73,
Jason
AK7V

--- Donald Chester <k4kyv at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> I looked over a published list of all emergency
> traffic nets that were 
> supposed to be operating right after the storm,
> during the declared 
> emergency. There were about a dozen frequencies
> listed, all in the 75, 40 
> and 20m bands.
> 
> Every one was identified as SSB, operating inside
> the phone bands.  There 
> was not a single cw net on the list.
> 
> Does that mean there was no storm emergency activity
> on cw?
> 
> I tuned across 80m a couple of times and heard
> nothing.
> 
> It doesn't seem that long ago that cw was used for
> the bulk of emergency 
> traffic because it was more accurate and efficient
> than voice.
> 
> I am wondering if that is a reflection on cw as a
> mode, or on the relevance 
> of amateur radio emergency communications today.
> 
> Don k4kyv
> 
> 
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