I sympathise with Andy's view, but there's another way of
looking at it:
Suppose you like tha ancient art of conversation with strangers,
which I do. In fact, I'm doing it now. Now, what strangers do
you want to select from? There are the people next to you in
line at the airport (or at least there were BC). There are the
people on long distance trains. etc.
But to select for people who are interested and knowledgable
about radio communications, other hams are a pretty good choice.
And what better place to find them than on the air?
Yes, you can find them on this list, and we are blessed with
some true experts. But what happens here is more like letter
writing than conversation. For conversation you need faster
response. Pick up a mic, key, or an interactive digital mode and
have a conversation.
73 Bill AE6JV
In this case CW, PSK, RTTY, SSB, FM etc. etc. etc. are close to
the end itself.
On 7/12/20 at 5:51 PM, a.dur...@msn.com (Andy Durbin) wrote:
I see CW as a "means to an end" and, for me, the "end" is
chasing DX. If the DX is working CW I'll call them with CW.
If they are working FT8 then I'll call them with FT8. It now
seems far more likely that the DX I need is working FT8 and not
CW. Despite that, in my 8.5 years chasing DX as a "K", I have
more DX confirmed using CW than with digital or phone.
I still can't have a CW conversation at more than about 14 wpm
and never rag-chew. No problem reading my own call at 35 wpm
though, so happy to chase DX at that speed if that's the speed
the DX wants to work.
CW is just the "means". If I want a conversation I can use Skype.
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