[Fists] CW Activity

[Dan KB6NU]

Hear, hear, Stan. My opinion is that any crusade to keep a 
Morse Code requirement is a losing battle and a waste of 
resources. We'd be much better off using those resources 
encouraging operators to actually get on the air and make CW 
contacts.

I'd go one step further and offer these certificates to any 
operator, whether they're a Fists member or not. Fists 
members would get the certificates for free, while non-Fists 
would have to pay some processing fee.

73, Dan KB6NU

Stan Reas wrote:
> FISTS Members:
> 
> You have been rightly urged to "Join in the noble crusade to Retain The 
> Requirement!"
> 
> And as stated in the latest Keynote "Losing the requirement is a 
> stepping stone to losing our frequencies"
> 
> I contend that lack of activity on the CW portions of our bands will 
> more probably be the reason we may lose our frequencies.
> 
> Present CW activity is truly sparce on most all the bands.  I will admit 
> that the sun spot cycle is part of the reason for there not being many 
> signals on the higher frequencies.  But there is very little CW activity 
> on the lower frequencies which are not as adversely affected by the sun 
> spot cycle.
> 
> Most of the FISTS activity has been centered on 40, 20 and 15 Meters.  I 
> feel to insure the future of CW we must populate ALL the bands with 
> signals using the Morse Code.
> 
> I think a good way to do this is to provide recognition of those members 
> who DO populate the CW portions of the bands.  This could be done by way 
> of publishing the calls of those who, for example, work 100 points worth 
> of FISTS contacts on specific bands.
> 
> Or, even providing a certificate of recognition for those members who 
> accomplish a "Century Award" on the less used bands.
> 
> I think it is imperative that we increase CW activity on all bands.
> 
> 73, Stan - K4UK