[KL7AA] WOW --- Holy CoW, "apples and oranges"

[Dan O'Barr]

WOW --- Holy CoW, "apples and oranges"

I forgot that a bunch of religious zealots couldn’t take a joke about their
Holy CoW and that’s all it was, nothing more and nothing less, “a joke.”  I was
only joking about the "apples and oranges".  Don’t you believe that it was “a
joke” to even remotely compare two seasoned CW Ham contesters to a couple of
kids sending text messages between cell phones?   You have clearly made two
points I hadn’t even thought about.

****#1****
Most Morse code lovers are a form of religious zealots, and worship it as a
holy “Right of Passage”.  Therefore, NO one dare question its worth or joke
about it, that’s taboo! 

****#2****
Most old farts that were hazed, when they were younger, will insist on hazing
anyone else that dare want to participate in the activity that they had to
endure hazing for.

I guess you forgot that it was the NO CODE Tech Amateur Radio License that
saved Amateur Radio from extinction.  All of you Morse code religious zealots
and hazing fanatics will NEVER be able to shove Morse code down MY throat,
period.

I probably would have learned Morse code years ago, if it would have been
presented to me as an enjoyable hobby, say like horseback riding or archery. 
But NO, you had to make it punitive, like forcing people to prove their
proficiency in horsemanship to get a drivers license, or to prove their
proficiency with a bow and arrow to get a hunting license to hunt with a rifle.
 After all, your car or truck might die and your rifle might run out of
ammunition, and---and if you can’t ride a horse or shoot an arrow from a bow,
you might die.

Lighten up a little folks, make it fun.  Heck, I might even get a QRP kit and
learn Morse code, if you quit acting like bullies and trying to shove Morse
code down our throats.

73 & Thanks for making my day,
Dan O’Barr, KL7DR :)

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--- Frank Hurlbut KL7FH <kl7fh at gci.net> wrote:

> Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 11:56:07 -0800
> From: Frank Hurlbut KL7FH <kl7fh at gci.net>
> Subject: Fw: [KL7AA] Cell phone text msg vs Morse Code or is it
> 	"apples and	oranges"
> To: kl7aa at mailman.qth.net
> 
> 
> Frank KL7FH
> 432 EME
> 16X12 ele polarity rotation
> FT-847 100 Watts
> preamp K0RYT .18db NF

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--- Teresa Nunes <ptarmigan at iceworm.com> wrote:
> Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 10:40:36 -0800
> Subject: Re: [gahleos] Cell phone text msg vs Morse Code, or is it "apples
> 	and oranges"
> From: Teresa Nunes <ptarmigan at iceworm.com>
> To: "Dan O'Barr" <dan at obarr.net>
> 
> Now that was just mean.  Why can't you just enjoy the good PR for the hobby
> without being so nasty about anything that is related to CW?  This
> green-eyed attitude doesn't suit you.
> 
> ->T
> 

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--- Frank Hurlbut KL7FH <kl7fh at gci.net> wrote:
> Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 08:58:48 -0800
> From: Frank Hurlbut KL7FH <kl7fh at gci.net>
> Subject: Re: [KL7AA] Cell phone text msg vs Morse Code or is it
>  "apples and	oranges"
> To: dan at obarr.net
> 
> Dan!
> I found myself in a very strange situation this morning while reading your 
> e-mail.
> I am pretty darn sure you missed the point of the event on Leno's show. 
> Maybe
> you should change your e-mail password. I think your grandkids are posting 
> for you and
> they could be embarrasing.
>     Also, $14 USD could buy a couple of CW op's a beer. I would think if it 
> was a distance
> challenge, Jay could have spoken the message 20ft while drinking his beer.
>     Finally, to put a LID on the subject..I know you must be in jest....
> 73
> 
> 
> Frank KL7FH
> 432 EME
> 16X12 ele polarity rotation
> FT-847 100 Watts
> preamp K0RYT .18db NF

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--- John Wolfe <aa0nn at arrl.net> wrote:
> From: "John Wolfe" <aa0nn at arrl.net>
> To: <kl7aa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: RE: [KL7AA] Cell phone text msg vs Morse Code or is it "apples
> 	andoranges"
> Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 01:50:14 -0500
> 
> Hi Dan,
> 
> Every time I see you pop up in my e-mail, it reminds me how much I miss
> home...
> 
> Your message smacks of false logic, my friend.  I'm no whiz-bang at CW even
> though I passed the 20 WPM "back in the day", but every mode has its place.
> Sure, 20 feet is great for FRS, but so is raising your voice.  Let's look at
> a more realistic application...
> 
> I vividly recall an SSB QSO on 20 meters (I was stationed in North Dakota,
> and the distant end was in BC, Canada) when the conditions dropped out.  On
> my Heathkit HW-101, I had to repeat several times to "go to CW".  He barely
> got the message, but we were able to continue on CW for another 20 minutes.
> 
> That said, I can barely copy it now, but CW definitely has its place.  Good
> on the folks that enjoy it and keep it going.  My take is that no mode is
> better or worse than another...they're just different.  One may be more
> appropriate, given specific conditions.
> 
> 73,
> John/AA0NN
> Columbus Air Force Base...for now...
>