There only seems to be one alternative to "getting older"? Personally, I much
prefer "getting older", than the alternative? :>)
C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW
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At 09:50 AM 6/30/2008, David Rollitt wrote:
HI,
I recently made a few QSO's during the All Asia CW test, the
exchange in the AA Test is RS(T) and Age for OM's.
Having checked my contacts I found the average age was 49.1!!
I wonder if anyone else checked their contacts this way.
David and All,
Intuitively, I agree with your conclusion. The ham population in general seems
to be getting older, and with CW being optional now, it doesn't surprise me a
bit that younger folks are MIA's. You might post a summary of your responses.
It would be interesting.
Dave W7AQK
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We're all getting older, but CW ops are getting better!
Barry W2UP
Jack - K4WSB wrote:
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At 09:50 AM 6/30/2008, David Rollitt wrote:
HI,
I recently made a few QSO's during the All Asia CW test, the exchange
in the AA Test is RS(T) and Age for OM's.
Having checked my contacts I
Ain't nobody getting any younger, Dave! At least if they are, he should patent
his secret and sell it.
On a serious point, I felt that it was always the older members of the hobby
who wished to preserve cw as an entry criterion for the HF bands - something
which I always considered to be
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From: DAVE WHITE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Ain't nobody getting any younger, Dave! At least if they are, he should patent
his secret and sell it.
On a seri
N2RRA sarcastically wrote: "Folks! Just because you use a keyboard for CW does
not make you CW operators unless you can receive and send CW with some sort of
keyer. Any fool can send with a keyboard, but when put to test can you step up?"
While opinions are like another part of the anatomy, "we
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Ain't nobody getting any younger, Dave! At least if they are, he
should patent his secret and sell it.
On a serious point, I felt that it was always the olde
On Tue, 1 Jul 2008, DAVE WHITE wrote:
Ain't nobody getting any younger, Dave! At least if they are, he should patent
his secret and sell it.
Well, I have this photo that I keep stashed away in the attic ...
:-)
Seriously, I find it's a little more difficult for me to stay awake all
night
the logging program.
73;
w2mw
Kurt W. Zimmerman
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--- On Tue, 7/1/08, Shelby Summerville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Shelby Summerville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Are CW ops getting older?
> To:
ose students people always made it about nostalgia
or personal. So now that you have a keyboard and interface CW all of a sudden
is the mode used mostly for many? Gee! I wonder why.
73!
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I will agree with you there. Second best means of copying is my Vibroplex
paddle w/ built-in keyer in the rig.
Contesting &
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Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Are CW ops getting older?
I will agree with you there. Second best means of copying is my Vibroplex
paddle w/ built-in keyer in the rig.
Contesting & DX chasing a keyboard is
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