[Elecraft] CW in Emergencies?

[Dave Lowenstein]

The disadvantage of "no-code" is that if new hams aren't required to learn 
CW, how are they going to be able handle emergency traffic from our 
low-powered battery-operated K1's and K2's?  Since emergencies are one of 
our reasons for being and CW gets through with simple equipment where other 
modes won't, aren't we shooting ourselves in the foot by eliminating the CW 
requirement?

Dave
N7AF