[Kenwood] CW Outdated Mode?

[Scott Manthe]

You're doing amateur radio more of a disservice by not reading the original 
post you're commenting on. NE0P was making a JOKE, he does NOT feel that CW 
is is outdated!!!!!!!! Please read these posts! This entire thread is much 
ado about nothing- an offhand comment has been made into something it was 
not intended to be!

Can we all just let this tired thread drop now?

73,
Scott, N9AA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leigh S. Jones" <kr6x at kr6x.com>
To: <kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 12:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Kenwood] CW Outdated Mode?


> 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 anyone who uses language such as "outdated" to describe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 would ever describe the code as "outdated".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 outdated.  "Outdated" is an excuse -- a slander.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 someone calls the code outdated, he means that he,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 The code can only be outdated when there is nothing to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 Subject: Re: [Kenwood] CW Outdated Mode?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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