On 3/21/2014 8:39 AM, Walter Underwood wrote: > CW is neat as a hobby technology, but commercially, it is less > relevant than blacksmithing. There are quite a few professional > blacksmiths, but no professional CW operators.
Oh?? See: www.radiomarine.org. Station KSM is banging away while I sit here and type. It is a Public Coast Station open to commercial marine traffic manned by professional CW operators. Some of them even have ham licenses! > when I was studying EE at Rice, analog modes were about as interesting as > power supplies. What do you think makes those "digital gadgets" run? Air? And where does it comes from? The wall? My consulting engineering firm not only designs the microwave and data transport systems for public safety communication of our clients, but also the power systems necessary to keep them running in 24/7 service. It doesn't happen by magic. 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane (P.E.) T2-00000208 (one of the last 10 issued) ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com