[Qcwa] Know Code

[Harry Hodges]

Hi All,

Wake up and smell the roses!

Our society has changed and as Amateur Radio is just a microcosm of that
society, we have changed also. Read the newspapers, news magazines, and
watch TV. You see, read, and hear over and over how rudeness has become a
way of life in the USA. Men wearing hats in restaurants, cell phones and
pagers going off in concerts, one-finger salutes by drivers and pedestrians
alike, and on and on. And profanity - well, I wont get into that.

We have a repeater in Southern California that makes 75 meters sound like a
church social. I guess they let the foul mouths hang out there knowing that
if they shut them down they would just pollute other repeaters

Although I for one would like code to remain as a requirement that's just
because that as a  retired career military type I like tradition.
But......if it goes away, I think we'll continue to survive as Hams.

I grew up repairing my own bicycle, car, and whatever else I could take
apart and put back together. My son grew up not knowing how to do any of
those things saying: "Hey, I don't want to spend my Sundays fixing my car,
I'd rather be playing golf. I'll pay someone to do it."  I built electronic
stuff from junked radios and Heathket and Allied Radio catalogs. But
today........with my antique eyesight there is no way I am going to open up
my FT1000 to attempt repairs. UPS whisks it off to the shop and it's back in
a couple of weeks.

Soooooooooo. Society has changed whether we like it or not. CW will survive
on its own merits or it wont. My XYL passed the code and is a General. Does
she ever use it. NO! Will she ever? I doubt it. So what?

OBTW, I have 320 DXCC entities confirmed on CW.

73, Harry, W6YOO
Site Manager,
SANDARC VEC
Escondido, CA


---- Original Message ----- 
From: <PGoldring1@cs.com>
To: <qcwa@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 21:45
Subject: Re: [Qcwa] Know Code


> Dave, your idea makes a lot of sense!  I've been licensed since about 1951
or
> 1952 except for 10 year between '69 & '79 when I was inactive and let my
> license expire.  Things sure had changed in that 10 year period.  When I
got back
> on the air I couldn't believe the number of people bad-mouthing, swearing,
> using foul language, deliberately interfering, etc., things one almost
never
> heard on the ham bands before!  I don't remember hearing that kind of
stuff on the
> CW portion of the bands, come to think of it; maybe it was there but I
never
> noticed it.  Anyway, unfortunately ham radio is not like it used to be in
many
> respects, but it still is a great hobby for me.  I still enjoy
> operating--some of which is CW--building stuff, antennas, and working on
some of the old
> boat anchors.  Too bad there are a few on the air who are real jerks (at
least I
> like to think it's only a very few).  It used to be that fellow hams were
nice
> folks and willing to help one another, etc., and you could just about
count
> on that kind of attitude.
>
> Anyway, it would be interesting to know the response to your idea.
>
> 73,
>
> de JIM GOLDRING, AK7R
>
>
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