[Fists] calling frequency

[Larry]

Different clubs in different places have different experiences. In this local club there is no interest in cw.No one insisted on using paper logs but if thats all you have thats what you use.And of course there is more to ham radio than cw, in fact at this clubs field day thats all there was,every mode but cw (except for me) was used.
k5jyd


--- On Mon, 8/18/08, Dan Romanchik KB6NU <kb6nu at w8pgw.org> wrote:

> From: Dan Romanchik KB6NU <kb6nu at w8pgw.org>
> Subject: Re: [Fists] calling frequency
> To: "FISTS" <fists at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Monday, August 18, 2008, 9:01 PM
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> I don't know where you guys are getting your ideas
> about CW being a  
> dying mode.  I rarely have trouble finding CW QSOs. Not
> only that, I  
> find that there's a fair amount of interest in learning
> it and using  
> it. I'm always passing out K7QO Code Course CD-ROMs and
> helping people  
> have fun with CW.
> 
> At our Field Day, we ran two CW stations and had a bunch of
> operators  
> keeping the finals warm. My guess is that we ran those
> stations for at  
> least 40 hours of the 48 station-hours, and probably more.
> And, no, we  
> didn't use Big Chief writing tablets. We used computers
> to do the  
> logging. If you want to portray CW as an old fart's
> mode, what better  
> way than to insist on paper logging!
> 
> What you guys have to realize is that there's so much
> more to ham  
> radio than CW these days. In fact, ham radio would really
> be in a  
> sorry state if all we did have was CW like back in
> "the good, old days."
> 
> 73!
> 
> Dan KB6NU
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> CW Geek and MI Affiliated Club Coordinator
> Read my ham radio blog at http://www.kb6nu.com
> LET'S REALLY MAKE THE ARRL THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR
> HAM RADIO
> 
> 
> On Aug 18, 2008, at 5:04 PM, Larry wrote:
> > The cw mode is in a bad way these days , in fact its a
> dying art / 
> > skill.This year during field day I was the only cw
> operator, out of  
> > a some 25 or 30 hams who showed up.No would even
> bothered to use a  
> > computer reader or other aids. I used an old bencher
> and a big chief  
> > writing tablet as a log.As I looked around the group
> of young hams  
> > ( I am 70), I realized that cw is truly a dying art.It
> takes time  
> > and hard work to learn cw and these young hams have no
> interest in  
> > putting any real work into learning it.Those of us who
> still use cw  
> > should appreciate a cw qso where ever we can find one
> on the bands  
> > and stop arguing amongst ourselves about minor points
> that really  
> > don't matter.The cw mode will be around for a
> while yet,long enough  
> > for me to have fun with it.So, lets have fun with it
> while
> > we can and  stop the bickering about insignificant
> points.
> > K5jyd
> > ootc
> 
> 
> 
> To which Al, W8FAX replied:
> You are right. The whole idea of removing the Morse testing
> was not  
> that it
> was an outdated mode, or that it was preventing all the
> geniuses from
> getting a ham ticket, it was the fact that it was just
> "too hard" and
> required some effort to learn. Something few want to invest
> in these  
> days.
> Al/W8FAX/2192
> 
> 
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