[Kenwood] CW Outdated Mode?

[Clif Holland]

I'm outa here, this isn't a CW discussion group.

Clif Holland, KA5IPF
www.avvid.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "KU4YP" <ku4yp at verizon.net>
To: "Leigh S. Jones" <kr6x at kr6x.com>
Cc: <kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 12:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Kenwood] CW Outdated Mode?


> agreed and well said OM.
> 
> 73 KU4YP
> 
> Leigh S. Jones wrote:
>> This debate has howled on so long that I guess I'd be doing
>> amateur radio a disservice if I didn't add my comments.
>> 
>> First, I need to make it very clear that I hold in low regard
>> anyone who uses language such as "outdated" to describe
>> Morse code.  The truth is very simple.  If everyone had the
>> skill needed to communicate in Morse code, then no one
>> would ever describe the code as "outdated".  The code
>> may, some day, perhaps within this century, become
>> outdated.  "Outdated" is an excuse -- a slander.  When 
>> someone calls the code outdated, he means that he, 
>> personally, does not possess the skill needed to 
>> communicate in the code.  He issues the false claim that
>> he is more modern than the code, thus he is above it.
>> The code can only be outdated when there is nothing to
>> be gained by its use by anyone.
>> 
>> I see the relationship between amateur radio and the 
>> code in a different light.  To me, the code is like 
>> instrumental music.  One can learn to sing and to make 
>> music without instruments.  Song in its purest form is a
>> thing of beauty, but the world doesn't need to be limited
>> to acappella song.  There can also be instrumental music.
>> Amateur Radio is the grandeur of such music.  Some
>> will only sing, while others will gain the skills needed to
>> make music with an instrument.
>> 
>> I also believe in separate subbands for the modes, really 
>> as a convenience but also for more practical reasons.
>> The modes are best kept apart.  It would take a very 
>> long time to explain why, and one major idea per post
>> is a sensible plan.
>> 
>> KR6X
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "John Geiger" <johngeig at yahoo.com>
>> To: <k4pdm at yahoo.com>; <kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 11:59 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Kenwood] CW Outdated Mode?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>--- Paul Manuel <k4pdm at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>To my ear, the novice CW bands are little-used (and
>>>>should be refarmed
>>>
>>>No, the technician license should be eliminated, and
>>>the novice license brought back as the point of entry
>>>into amateur radio.
>>>
>>>73s John NE0P
>>>
>> 
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