Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/25

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Subject: [Leica] [WAS sweet barking cheese!] NOW OT--Why ham radio code is like a Leica
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Sun Feb 25 19:22:31 2007

I have to disagree, CW is very popular, especially amoung contesters.  
Almost every ham I know uses CW.  The low end of 20/40/80 are loaded with CW 
stations every night.

Gene, K1GD

-------------- Original message from Marc James Small 
<marcsmall@comcast.net>: -------------- 


> At 12:09 AM 2/25/2007, Howard Ritter wrote: 
> 
> > 
> >Well, in a word, no--on both counts. The great majority of amateur 
> >operators don't use CW, although all of us had to know it at the time 
> >of our licensing exams. Most of us go straight to 'phone and never 
> >look back. 
> 
> Interesting, Howard, and thank you. Your 
> information is contrary to that set out on the 
> NPR story on this last week. NPR's interviewees 
> included a couple of long-time amatuers and an 
> official from the ARRL. They did interview a 
> female ham who minimized the use of CW but the 
> others dissented from her position. They also 
> demonstrated one of the computer programs and the 
> ham using it stressed how effective it was (until his computer crashed!). 
> 
> Marc 
> 
> 
> msmall@aya.yale.edu 
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! 
> 
> 
> 
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