[SFDXA] CW in Ham Radio

[Bill]

Good points, but I think the focus of the article, was on the future of 
CW, not the benefits and attributes, which we in the Club are acutely 
aware of hi.

Bill W2CQ



On 2/4/2012 9:48 AM, Kai Siwiak wrote:
> Hi Bill,
> That's a great article with good reliance on reliable numbers, but it
> misses a critically key point about technical performance. That is, CW
> outperforms SSB by around 17 dB -- a power ratio of 50! This means CW
> can potentially talk 5 to 6 times as far as SSB. Out of the three modes
> that DXpeditions favor (CW, RTTY, SSB) it provides the best range. It is
> around 3-7 dB better than RTTY.
>
> It is also the ONLY digital mode that can be done with just a radio and
> with no additional computer.
>
> CW is not going away too soon!
>
> 73
> Kai, KE4PT
>
>
>
> Bill wrote:
>> That typo drove me nutz looking at it hi. I had to correct it.
>>
>>
>> There's always discussion on CW in Ham Radio. Now how is it doing
>> since the requirement was dropped? Someone on the CWOps list posted the
>> link to this recent article in CQ Magazine on just that. -Bill W2CQ
>>
>> http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/cq_highlights/2012_cq/2012_02_cq/2012_02_zero_bias.pdf
>>
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