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

[M and J Gillespie]

Wow!  I see nothing wrong with using the term Silent Key (SK). Maybe the 
opposition comes from the diehard CW haters who have always bitterly fought 
the use of CW. I did not even know anyone opposed the term!

73's de

Jim Gillespie, K3DQ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <david at retroscape.com>
To: "Frederick, Maryland ARC" <farc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: [FARC] How do you feel about the term Silent Key


> 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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