Wayne,

Thanks for helping all us GOF’s remember why, while using such poetic
language.

73,

Jim N3SZ
On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 8:01 AM Bill <[email protected]> wrote:

> CW has personality - therefore CW QSOs have personality. Digital not so
> much - press F3, F6, then to say 73s etc. press F9. Not much of a QSO to
> me.
>
> Whether SSB, CW, RTTY, or whatever - it is all about rag chew to me. I
> cannot get excited about coming into the shack in the morning and
> looking at the computer screen to see who the computer QSOd with over
> night.
>
> I miss the hours long RTTY gab fests on 40 meters many years ago. Sure
> we had our tapes, but we would keyboard all afternoon sometimes. Just
> cannot find that now. The art of gabbing has gone the way of the Tweet.
>
> Just my take - that is what makes Ham radio so great. So many facets to
> keep us active.
>
> Bill W2BLC
>
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