[CW] Re: Digital CW (was Numbers Stations)

[Ken Brown]

Hi John,
> CW is different, as it's the only non-speech mode intended for human
> generation and reception. I for one would like to keep it that way.
>
>   
Sounds good to me. Though I will gladly have a QSO with someone using a 
keyboard to transmit or a computer to copy. I suppose I'd rather hear 
sterile, perfectly spaced keyboard sending than badly sent, and nearly 
impossible to copy CW with a bug from someone who doesn't know how to 
use one, or due to something such as Parkinson's cannot send other than 
by keyboard anymore. I would not deny someone in that situation the 
continued enjoyment of CW, if that is the best way they can do it. I'm 
not inclined to use a keyboard myself, except for using a logging 
program with canned messages in a contest. My only requirement is that 
keyboard senders remember what mode they are using, and use standard CW 
pro-signs, Q signals and abbreviations, or plain text. If someone (using 
a keyboard or not) starts sending "LOL", "IMHO", "YMMV", " :-) " or 
similar, the QSO will be over real soon.

DE N6KB