From: "Mike Dennison" <mike.dennison@rsgb.org.uk>
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Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 16:15:59 +0100
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Subject: Re: LF: 'Dyed in the wood CW'
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> >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.  
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> 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.


Who are you calling abnormal! Seriously, though, as a very keen 
CW operator (I do have a microphone but you'd have to give me a 
day's notice to find it), the really encouraging thing about LF is that 
it has demonstrated many of the benefits of this fine old mode - low 
bandwidth, tolerant of low S/N ratio, simple to execute, and good 
fun. Several regular ops have re-learned Morse simply to use the 
band. It will be a long time before the more complex modes match 
every one of those advantages, even if they excel at one or two.

Mike, G3XDV (IO91VT)
http://www.dennison.demon.co.uk/activity.htm