[CW] re no code

[Earle Johnson]

Commercial use of cw has been over since 1999....with
the Russians, Koreans and some SA folks still using 
it on a regular basis...The Indian Navy etc. Israel also 
comes to mind (4XZ)  China has some pt to pt ckts 
and the clandestine services still use blind bcsts and 
some pt to pt use as well. It still has some use and 
amateurs will no doubt continue as before. Time marches
on and technology doesnt give a damn about out hobby
or vocation whichever it was or is. There was a time when
there was a wonder, a mystery about a cw signal from
afar...static...or echo. Thats not been a part of amateur
radio for many years...

Earl/W4EWJ    USMM ret.