>>Instead of wasting time complaining about the FCC dropping the testing >>requirement, CW enthusiasts should be promoting its use.
Strongly agree. I'm a CW guy. I own some mics, but I work SSB only for contests. Last night I tuned around the CW portions of 80, 40, 30, and 20. This morning, I did the same. DEAD! One QSO going on 80, one Q and some guys chasing two DX stations on 40, two Q's on 30, a couple of weak signals on 20. I put out more than a dozen CQ's (4x4 each time) on 40 with 500 w into a decent dipole. No responses. Only Q was FO/N6JA that I called on 40. Granted, the bands haven't been great lately, but I counted fewer than a dozen Q's going on at one time, split between four CW bands! Last year, I went to a lot of trouble to get a wire to work on 160. Virtually the only time I can use it is during contests. Any other time, if I call CQ or tune up, someone complains that I shouldn't get in the way of their DX chasing (and I'm not in the window). Use it or lose it! Don't blame the FCC for CW inactivity -- it's US! Jim Brown K9YC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
