[Elecraft] WSPR

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

Perhaps counter-intuitively, dropping the code requirement for ENTRY and
making CW voluntary, seems to be at the base of a CW RESURGENCE.

Since people CAN get pretty good copy with software, they are able to
participate in CW events.  Rather than dumbing down the events, most enjoy
the increased range and better noise immunity of CW, and gradually learn to
copy better themselves as they are able.  Logs in CW contests are UP rather
than down.  In contests many operators routinely send from keyboard or
programs at rates they can copy, but these are speeds at which they can no
longer make their wrists/fingers move reliably (myself included).  Way back,
I could send 45 WPM with a bug, and 50 plus with a keyer.  Zero chance of
that now.  I make mistakes above 25 wpm. I can TYPE as well as receive above
60 wpm.

Even those who just can't make CW fly are into the technical digital modes,
for just one example, note the rising numbers in RTTY contests.

I know that in PVRC, there are diehard SSB ops who are getting into the CW
tests because of the electronic assistance afforded in a transitional
learning period.

All is NOT lost.

73, Guy.

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 2:15 PM, <n5ge at n5ge.com> wrote:

>
> In the USA we can blame that on the replacement of the official FCC
> examination
> system with the Volunteer Examiner program and the change of the ARRL from
> a
> technical organization for technical people (Hams) to an organization
> pushing
> easy license acquisition to aid manufacturers in selling more ham gear and
> thus
> increasing the income of the ARRL.
>
> 73,
> Tom
> Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
>
>
> On Tue, 31 May 2011 07:41:15 +0100, David Pratt <david at g4dmp.fsnet.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> >Very true, Ron, but the problem these days is that many of today's
> >brains seem incapable of decoding CW ;-(
> >
> >73 de David G4DMP
> >
> >In a recent message, Ron D'Eau Claire <ron at cobi.biz> writes
> >>
> >>It's even more amazing how far 0.5 watts can be heard and information
> >>exchanged using human brains as the encoder/decoder software.
>
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