[SixClub] CW SK

[Howard Bingham]

In Houston, Tx. ( EL29 ) there are at least 3 ham clubs with 
licensing classes that include CW classes on a regular basis.

While it may no longer be a requirement, it will be interesting to 
see how many of these classes are given after the first of 2007..

Personally, I am of the persuasion that CW should be a prerequisite 
for Extra, having said that, I doubt I could pass even 5 wpm due to a 
medical issue, meanwhile I have ordered Gordon West's General course 
book & CD's & hope that by the time of the anniversary of my Tech 
license in March, to have passed a no code General..

Anyone have the ARRL General Class _video_...?  I'll be willing to 
buy any used copies (Given ARRL has dropped it from their current 
lineup of tutorials..).

Howard Bingham
KE5APJ   -   EL29gq

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At 06:54 AM 12/19/2006, Gabriel Sierra wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I do not think there will be much of a change. First,
>as I said in my previous post, at least here in FK68,
>VHF/UHF activity is close to nill except 6M SSB, and
>HF continues as it has forever. HF rigs are still
>expensive, when you include the behemoth tower/antenna
>and other ancillary equipment normally associated with
>an HF shack (even when you can get by with a 10M
>mobile rig...), so, money wise, I do not think people
>will jump right on HF.
>
>I think the CW testing is in part guilty of the lost
>in interest in HAM radio, in this time and age. Why
>bother, when I can send a text message with my phone,
>some might say, even when the fastest T/M guys were
>beaten by CW guys in Leno's show. I think the change
>will be gradual. Many of my friends cheered when they
>learned of the change. And I am talking about
>engineers, and other technical professionals like
>myself. Many were not even using the VHF/UHF rigs
>anymore because they felt dead ended. CW has been used
>as a weed out elitist tool by many clubs, to hold an
>"exclusive" kinda status. I just want HF for digital
>modes. 6M is, at least for me the coolest band with
>the coolest people.
>
>Gabriel, WP3BM
>
>
>Gabriel Sierra
>Moondancer Recording Studios
>moonrec at prtc.net
>http://www.moondancer.freeservers.com
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