[Elecraft] O.T.: End of (another) era

[Edward R Cole]

I'll make a prediction:  CW will largely be history for ham radio 
about 30-years after the date it ceased being a requirement to get a 
license.  That is assuming the average age of hams was 45 when they 
were first licensed, they will be 75 in 30-years and quite a few no 
longer on ham radio for various reasons.

Meteor scatter is no longer High Speed CW but entirely digital these 
days.  2 meter eme was totally CW in 1998 when I began to build my 
station.  The digital mode JT44 arrived in 2003 and today CW on 
2m-eme is in the same position as AM was in 1970 (maybe 5% still use 
CW).  It is just technology moving along.  (ditto for 6m-eme)

I also predict a major move to satellite-based communications for 
emergency channels (such as Marine VHF-16).  Most "comms" will have 
migrated to cellular or wi-fi forms by then or something we cannot 
even envision at this time.  Maybe the "transporter" will be standard 
and airlines defunct.  "Beam me up Scotty!"

Yep, I might even live long enough to see A1 become extinct.  In 2043 
historians will be recording the last users of this archaic 
electronic language to preserve it (I will be 99).

73, Ed - KL7UW
First licensed in Nov. 1958 as KN8MWA
First station was on 40m with Ocean Hopper and DX35 (CW)

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Yes it seems CW has became or becoming a thing of the past for Military or
commercial use and only used some in this hobby. I wonder how many more
decades it will survive here also, I hope it continues for a long time.

73,
Fred/N0AZZ
K3 Ser # 6730--KX3 # 2573--K2/100 # 6470-KAT100
P3/SVGA--KPA500--KAT500--W2


73, Ed - KL7UW
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