[FARC] How do you feel about the term Silent Key

[david at retroscape.com]

I've always liked this term and found it time honoring to our ham heritage.

73,

--David, K3PO

On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:08:15 -0400, "Joseph M. Durnal"
<joseph.durnal at gmail.com> wrote:
> This started from an online discussion between a few groups and
> message boards, where some die hard CW operators didn't like the term
> silent key being used to describe hams that passed away that didn't
> actually use a key.
> 
> I think it is a respectful term, and an honor.  As much as I'm pro CW,
> I'm not anti-voice or anti-digital modes.
> 
> To me, silent key works for everyone. You KEY the mic, you type on the
> KEYboard, and you send code with the KEY. It all works for me.  I
> later added, what about those SSTV ops, hmm, SK, maybe the K could
> stand for Kodak :) because I couldn't associate the word key with a
> picture, camera, or anything.
> 
> 73 de Joseph Durnal NE3R
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