Is this actually true? I'm not clear on what happened in the US with
no longer requiring a Morse cert. and would like someone to set me
straight (I really mean that, I'd like to understand the real story).
My understanding is:
1) the requirement for a morse cert was removed from the license
you know, once you remove the requirement for someone to do something in
order to gain a qualification or a certificate of proficiency, or the
like, there's more insentive to go learn it for the fun of it. if you're
required to do the thing, then it's alot less enjoyable.
On 19/03/2008 10:35
David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
In the UK, this same action in 2003 has resulted in more newcomers
(since Morse is no longer an obstacle) and in fact, more people wishing
to learn Morse (myself included) since on using HF, it becomes clear
just how significant CW is to making contacts,
I think I'd agree with that assessment also. it takes a certain mindset
to use morse and not everybody is built for it. having said that, it
doesn't mean the practise should die out.
On 19/03/2008 11:17 PM, the old scribe known as Jan Erik Holm was able
to impart this pearl of wisdom:
David
Listening from my QTH it appears activity is low on
all modes, including local 2m FM which died to nothing
10 years ago.
40m CW activity has lessened in the past few years,
but it's still the place to be. 80m CW is sad,
nothing there unless a weekend contest. On higher
frequencies unable to tell
I am a ham now simply because I became aware that I didn't need Morse
- in my mind I had discounted being a ham, because I always thought
Morse was a requirement (from the age of 16). I wasn't aware of the
class B license (right term?) and it wasn't until I was involved in an
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Is this actually true? I'm not clear on what happened in the US with no
longer requiring a Morse cert. and would like someone to set me straight
(I
Although there isn't as much cw on during non-contest times as there was
when I was licensed in '79, there are a number of ragchews going on during
the day on 40m during the day and some dx at night/early morning here in the
Midwest.
I'd like for the people who think CW is dead to listen to
There is way less casual CW operation than there was in '79, '89, and
even '99. Except for contesting and DXing, CW is close to being dead.
Foreign phones, RTTY data stations in the lower portions of the CW
bands and the ARRL/FCC elimination of CW-testing will finish it off. If
I thought there
N7AF:
There is way less casual CW operation than there was in '79, '89, and
even '99. Except for contesting and DXing, CW is close to being dead.
Foreign phones, RTTY data stations in the lower portions of the CW
bands and the ARRL/FCC elimination of CW-testing will finish it off. If
I
I'm a casual CW operator and I like to rag chew. I agree that there is less
activity than in past years. One indication for me is that I keep working the
same stations which rarely happened when I was first licensed. I am also
another one this is hesitant to order a K3 at this time. The K2
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