[Elecraft] For All CW Enthusiasts...

[Grant Youngman]

With all the computers and keyboards and automatic QSO contesting  
software and automatic QSLs, we've turned CW into just another digital  
mode.  Don't need a stinkin' computer to run CW.

There should be a requirement in CW contests that a manual key be  
used, and logs be handwritten.  Otherwise why not make those contests  
yet another PSK31 or Olivia  something or other.  Anyone can type.   
Anyone, and even their mother, can read CW from decoding software and  
do automatic logging.   Let digital be digital.  And CW be MECHANICAL.

It's only reasonable :-)

Grant/NQ5T


On Jul 23, 2009, at 3:15 PM, Vic K2VCO wrote:

> Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
>> .especially those who don't care about a pure "sidetone" note -  
>> usually
>> preferring something with a little more character - and for those  
>> who like
>> to hear a real fist instead of a keyer.
>>
>> The sender is Denise Stoops, the first female operator at KPH  
>> transmitting
>> the closing message at the recent "Night of Nights" activity.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a4scmlC7tI
>
> Wow! Incredible sending, and almost 6 minutes with only 2  
> (corrected) errors. I hereby
> promise to use my bug exclusively until I get 1/10th as good.