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Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 17:19:45 +0100
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Subject: Re: LF: 'Dyed in the wood CW'
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I agree, and agree again.

As the editor of the French edition of CQ, and I guess my American
collegues will agree, the latest results of our CW contests confirm that
CW has never been so popular.

On a more personal basis, outside-contest CW is also well and alive.

However, one must not discard all those digital modes which are
obviously very useful when it comes to narrow band reception.

I think it's just different, and maybe complementary.

73, Mark, F6JSZ

Dave Sergeant a *crit :
> 
> >From Dave G3YMC
> 
> There has been some stinging comment on here in recent days on 'dyed in the
> wood' CW operators, which perhaps I have to admit to being.  The implication
> is that if you persue such modes you are a little dated and should be using
> fancy digital thingemy modes these days.  Having spent a most enjoyable
> weekend in HF NFD on Top Band it is very apparent that CW is very far from a
> dead mode, and anybody who cares to listen to the CW parts of the HF bands
> during a major contest will see that it is very much still alive.  In spite
> of high static levels there was no shortage of stations able to have quick
> exchanges at the normal speeds of 25-30 wpm.
> 
> It was commented on here recently that users of the band should use the
> modes they wish to use, and any method of having a QSO is equally valid.
> Let us stop the bickering - if you want to develop high tech DSP algorithms
> etc that is fine, however please accept that some wish to use normal amateur
> techniques as well.
> 
> Cheers Dave
> dsergeant@iee.org
> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/sergeantd