[Qcwa] Conversation...

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> Ok Guys,
>
> I have a question for you.  What do you talk about at your
> chapter meetings?
> The reason I ask is that there is virtually no traffic on this list unless
> a hot button issue is raised such as getting rid of CW.  Then everyone
comes
> out of the woodwork to be heard. Do you all just set around and pick your
> teeth and stare at each other?
> Does anyone talk about or operate their radio anymore?
> I'll start it... I just built my 3rd Elecraft K2 and am having a
> blast with it.
> I might add on CW non the less.  I just purchased a Buddipole and am going
> to take the setup to Colorado next month and operate from the top
> of Pikes
> Peak. Has anyone else built anything lately?

Well said Dan. I'm someone who has been a ham for 31 years in all that time
I've probably had about 50 non-CW QSOs, including 2M FM. I just love CW. I
believe that the future of CW if there is to be one is for those of us who
love it to *USE* and promote it. Get on the air. Better yet, get on the
NOVICE portion and call CQ s-l-o-w-l-y. Take a newbie under your wing and
INSPIRE them rather than chastize them. Positive people and positive action
will draw people to CW. Telling other hams they are not "real" hams only
drives them away, convincing them that their worst fears about amateur radio
were entirely correct.


Ok Dan, I have a couple of questions for you:

1. Why have you built *3* K2s?

2. I've heard nothing bad about the K2, all good. How does the receiver
compare to "full size" radios you have used?

3. What's a "Buddipole?"


73,

Mark W1EOF