[SixClub] comment on the morse testing

[John Carson]

Interesting reading...

My comments, perhaps now that CW is not a requirement
for advancement in the Ham ranks (or a tool to weed
out those of us who have a hard time with CW...) CW
will be taught and learned for the fun of it rather
than as a hurdle to someone who otherwise wants to
advance...

73,

John kd5srw


--- Howard Bingham <howardb at hal-pc.org> wrote:

> At 07:02 AM 12/21/2006, Gabriel Sierra wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >This was coming anyway. The rest of the world did
> the
> >same long ago for the same reasons. CW does  not
> >guarantee that you are going to be a good operator,
> >yet it has been used for years as a "weeding out"
> >tool. Just listen to 20M and 40M. I for one will do
> >10M for PSK31 and mostly digital modes, but I am
> >learning CW because, as I said before, it could be
> a
> >LIFE SAVING tool. You can do Morse with your PTT if
> >you are hurt and unable to speak, or with some
> simple
> >spark methods you can send the word out. Here in
> PR,
> >the VEs and clubs give out Certificates of
> recognition
> >for CW WPM, and this will continue, even if the
> >requirement is gone.
> >
> >The true thing is that there are less HAMs every
> day
> >and we could lose the service to the airwaves
> moguls
> >if we do  not boost our ranks. Of the many Generals
> >and Extras I know, only a few actually do CW. Most
> of
> >them learned it just to pass the exam and never
> used
> >it after wards.
> >
> >Like when somebody passes away, CW will be alive as
> >long as we keep it in our memory, so if we promote
> CW
> >learning in the new generation, it will not go
> away.
> >
> >When was the last time that a HAM club got in
> contact
> >with a School to hold a CW contest among the
> students,
> >give them 3 months to learn the code and do the
> >contest for the whole school to watch and earn
> >certificates and prizes? Never around here, but
> this
> >is the kind of activities that spark interest in
> the
> >young!
> >
> >73
> >
> >Gabriel, WP3BM
> --
> 
> Likewise "digital" communications are coming into
> play big time with 
> ICOM marketing "D-Star" digital format in VHF & UHF
> bands, the focus 
> is on major population hubs to get digital repeaters
> linked nation wide.
> 
> Houston, Tx. area should have 4 digital sites
> operational in 2M & UHF 
> bands by early 2007, 1 digital VHF repeater went
> into operational 
> test mode in early November with repeater to mobile
> distance of just 
> under 20 miles an tests, this repeater is linked to
> other D-Star 
> repeaters nation wide, Dallas, Tx. being the first
> location in Texas.
> 
> A presentation about the new technology was given at
> the Houston Red 
> Cross to area ham club officials in October, who
> knows, maybe it will 
> expand to 6M...
> 
> Howard Bingham
> KE5APJ
> 
> --
> 
> 
> >--- "Larry ,n6hpx/du1 Philippines"
> ><n6hpx_du1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > >       I seriously wished the FCC had left it
> alone
> > > as the Morse is alot of fun and I still believe
> the
> > > new comers could have passed.
> >
> >Gabriel Sierra
> >Moondancer Recording Studios
> >moonrec at prtc.net
> >http://www.moondancer.freeservers.com
> >Listen to Bike Tourist Podcast
> >http://www.biketourist.podomatic.com
> 
> -- 
> 
> 
>
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