[SOC] mHz vs. channels

[Curt Steger]

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Michael Coslo <mjc5 at psu.edu> wrote:

> Not upgrading because you took a faster code test and want people to know
> it
> is kind of a different sort of outlook.
>

This is not the case at all. I passed the 20 WPM test 100% copy when I
tested for Advanced (after passing the 13 WPM test). I never got around to
taking the Extra written within the allotted time frames. Life and work kept
me from pursuing Extra. Eventually though.

Unfortunately, email does not relay tongue & cheek comments all that well,
as some missed the extra channel remark.

----SNIP----


> CW is very cool, and I don't regret for a minute the effort I had to make
> to
> learn it to a level a lot of folks consider poor. I'm not better than
> anyone
> else for that effort however.
>
>    - 73 de Mike N3LI -
>
>
What I find truly amazing is the increasing interest in CW by no-code ops.
Sure most use the computer, but I have had a few ask me to send CW (morris
code) for them to practice on, mostly on 2M simplex using the DTMF pad on
the microphone. Not sure about others, but I have had more requests to be a
CW elmer since the requirement was dropped than when it was required.

And Berry, I also have my very first CW QSL framed on the wall in my shack.
It was in the Novice portion of 15M. I remember by the end of the hour long
QSO I was covered in sweat and my hand was shaking. But it only got better
from there. I still have the note pads from my early QSO's. It is fun to
look at them and see the progression from writing everything down letter by
letter; to just what was needed and abbreviations for almost everything.

_ _ ...  ... _ _  de NA7CS

Curt