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From: John Rabson <john.rabson07@gmail.com>
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On 6 Mar 2014, at 15:41CET, Stefan Sch=E4fer =
<schaefer@iup.uni-heidelberg.de> wrote:

> =85 But somehow, there is that mode: CW. Take a look at =
http://www.dxsummit.fi/CustomFilter.aspx?customCount=3D50&customRange=3D47=
2  and you will see that there is permanent CW activity, all around the =
year. Do you remember, it is more than 10 years ago that a CW exam was =
not part of the HF licence in Germany. And many of the class2 amateurs =
(VHF/UHF licences) gibed "Hahaha, now CW will die out soon". But somehow =
it does not, even without a new software update :-)

And in the UK, there was an upsurge in the use of CW, most particularly =
on the 40 m band from stations with M3 calls. On the M3 training course, =
students were introduced to Morse and did a paper and pencil exercise, =
but were not required to pass a test. Because it was not obligatory, =
knowledge of CW became attractive.

When day-to-day matters become stressful, I find it very relaxing to =
listen to hand-sent Morse, particularly in the QRP segment of 40 m =96 =
and this after more than 50 years of using the mode.

73
John F5VLF