Like most things, there are always some extreme examples that you could point to, but 99% of us are not going to be doing QRQ CW. It took tremendous work for me to even pass the 20 wpm CW test at the FCC years ago. And not many hams today even know Morse code at any speed, much less at QRQ speeds. I do not feel comfortable on the main traffic nets (20 to 35 wpm) although I did do a year or two as NCS for a Slow Speed Net (10-15 wpm) back in the early 1980's.
CW has some value for message traffic, since it can be very efficiently run, if you know the ropes. But there are going to be very few new hams who will ever get up to that level and commitment. From what I can tell, our CW traffic nets are not doing well. And you don't hear that much QRQ stuff either, except maybe some OT's chatting back and forth. Because it is possible to have excellent CW QSK (currently Ten Tec Argonaut V, and formerly an old Omni C and Pegasus owner), you don't tend to double with another ham very often. I was not going to mention it in my last post, but the truth is that this capability also lets the "policemen" get on and harass others over the top of CW DXing with "LID" comments. Can't really do that as easily with digital modes:) 73, Rick, KV9U Radiotronic Gizmo wrote: > > I really don’t want to start a CW vs anything war here – really I > DON’T.. but you are dead wrong on CW – it is faster to talk with CW > than with voice and you can QSK – that is what is was invented for. > Tnx es c u l om es 73 > Announce your digital presence via our DX Cluster telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Our other groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxlist/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup http://groups.yahoo.com/group/contesting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wnyar http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Omnibus97 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
