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

[Danny Douglas]

Amen to that!   But - I am afraid that once a person starts using a
keyboard, he just might abandon any further practice in real manual Morse,
thus will have to continue to use the keyboard because he CANT use a key.
That was the great thing about the Novice license.  You either learned , or
you stayed off the air.  There were places on the bands for all sorts: those
who could rip along, and those who sounded like they were ripped.
Danny Douglas
N7DC
ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA
SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB
All 2 years or more (except Novice)
Pls QSL direct, buro, or LOTW preferred,
I Do not use, but as a courtesy do upload to eQSL for
those who do.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Brown" <ken.d.brown at hawaiiantel.net>
To: "CW Reflector" <cw at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: [CW] Re: Digital CW (was Numbers Stations)


> 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
>
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