I like digimodes because the technology is awesome. I'm amused when people consider them "new", because they've been around for roughly 50 years. As a rough date for the Dawn of Digimodes, I use the invention of the Viterbi decoder in 1967. Ten years later, when I was studying EE at Rice, analog modes were about as interesting as power supplies.
CW is neat as a hobby technology, but commercially, it is less relevant than blacksmithing. There are quite a few professional blacksmiths, but no professional CW operators. wunder K6WRU On Mar 21, 2014, at 5:44 AM, "K5HM" <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess everyone is entitled to pursue the hobby the way they wish. The fact > that it’s a digital mode or CW really has nothing to do with it. You can > hear the same canned and non-conversation exchanges on CW or SSB. I know CW > operators that don't own a key. For them it's just another digital mode. > They use the same canned macros we see in RTTY or PSK. > > Today's hams live in a world filled with text messages and Twitter. To them, > CW might just as well be another form of texting. It's no wonder they can't > have conversations with each other. > > Mastering the technology is a big part of what fascinates me about ham > radio. For me, digital modes are a part of the merging of two worlds in > which I grew up and, which grew up with me. Radio and automation. > > I like trying new stuff. It's one of the reasons I chose the K3. After > almost a year of ownership, I'm still learning about what this radio can do. > > > 73, > Ron, K5HM > [email protected] > www.qrz.com/db/k5hm > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of WILLIS COOKE > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 8:31 PM > To: F5vjc; Elecraft Reflector > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Digimodes what am I missing? > > I feel the same way Denis. I guess when I finish Honor Roll and Challenge > 3000 maybe I will get back to it, but I am old and the younger folks don't > seem to get the charge from CW that I do. To me, even when you talk, digi > is too much like email! > > Willis 'Cookie' Cooke, TDXS DX Chairman > K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart > > > ________________________________ > From: F5vjc <[email protected]> > To: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 5:56 PM > Subject: [Elecraft] Digimodes what am I missing? > > > Is it me, but what is the attraction to the Digimodes? > > I can and do understand the achievement to get a new mode working, which is > the only satisfaction that I can find. > > Why? > > Having succeeded in getting any Digimode working the only traffic I see > are canned messages and brag dialogues of no great interest. > All rather boring and impersonal. > What PC, how much memory, what operating system ad nausea. > > Yes I operate CW and the rubber stamp and the DX QSO are very familiar to > me but at least it's a skill to send and receive CW. > > I am not knocking the Digimodes I hope but would like to know, are there > any real keyboard to keyboard interesting QSO/s to be found, and if so > where? > > 73, F5VJC > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] -- Walter Underwood [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
