[Kenwood] CW Outdated Mode?

[Mike D.]

Excerpted from:

NIST (National Institute of  Standards and Technology) PRESS RELEASE
December 15, 2004

"NIST researchers hope to develop reliable, cost-effective tools that can be
retrofitted to existing radio systems to assist emergency personnel in
locating and perhaps communicating with rescuers and other survivors trapped
inside a collapsed building. For example, using software that turns sounds
into visual images, first responders may be able to receive and see simple
patterns-like Morse code-from a survivor repeatedly turning a radio or phone
on and off, in cases where the signal was too weak to receive audible voice
messages." 

If CW is outdated, it is interesting that NIST is just discovering how
useful it can be.

I have nothing against SSB or the people that want to operate it. The
reality is that CW works when all else fails. For that reason (and many
more), CW/digital subbands should remain as is or even expanded. 

73 de Mike, N9BOR
A-1, FISTS, JARL A-1, SMC
http://www.n9bor.us
http://www.k9ya.org

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kenwood-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:kenwood-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of k5uj at mc.net
> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 7:33 AM
> To: kenwood at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: RE: [Kenwood] CW Outdated Mode?
> 
> Thanks for the R and D comments of yesterday.  I stand corrected.
> 
> As a more or less ex-CW op of many years, I have nothing 
> against CW or the people who want to operate it.  As someone 
> who is or seems to be busier now than 30 years ago, I find I 
> lack the time and patience for CW  these days.  Maybe that's 
> happened to others.  The reality is that fewer hams operate 
> it and I think it is time to refarm the subbands and reduce 
> the size of the cw segments and quit the testing of it.
> 
> rob/k5uj