Fw: [Qcwa] REQUIREMENTS:

[Jeffrey D Angus]

Bruce & Gaby wrote:

>As a die-hard CW op, I don't understand what the big deal is!  CW, SSB,
>RTTY, or PSK-31, it is all Ham Radio!
>
Exactly. They are all various modes of operation available to us.
None of them are the holy grail.

>And Jeff, you are correct, but even thought the code requirement was
>lowered, you still have to know it to operate SSB on the HF bands.
>
My point exactly.

The "big lie" is that there aren't any bad CW ops .
The difference is, you have to know code to find them.
Anybody can find the idiots on SSB.

Jeff
WA6FWI

Side note: How many hams do  you know that haven't upgraded in 30+
years and seem to think that their amateur license also gives them the
right to put up a tower without any civil engineering. And will raise
bloody hell about being "forced" to prove that it won't fall over and kill
their neighbors.


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