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BBC Video: Morse Code Alive and Well:
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by K0DCH on August 7, 2008
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Actually a very nice little video that portrays amateur radio in a positive light.
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by KC5HMC on August 8, 2008
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That was a great video!! It's nice to see Amateur radio in the spotlight.
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by KY6R on August 8, 2008
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Excellent story and great news coverage.
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by PA3AGZ on August 8, 2008
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Excellent promotion of amateur-radio and the morse code.
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by WA0SAP on August 8, 2008
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Very nice video and as a CW op I enjoyed the piece. The story says that Morse Code will never die, yet all the guys in the video are my age or older. It would have been nice to see the younger hams doing CW. I guess we know why that is not happening. So I am afraid it is doomed in the future.
"If you don't know Morse Code, you don't know "DIT"
"SAP"
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by K0DCH on August 8, 2008
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WA0SAP
I put cw in the same category as sailing..an old technolgy done mainly for the challenge. Perhaps not a totally accurate analogy, but look around the marinas with sailboats and most of the sailors have gray hair as well. I think that sailing for pleasure and cw for fun will be around for quite some time.
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by WA0SAP on August 8, 2008
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You still made my point, are today's ham challenged? Will the new hams do CW for fun? The answer is "NO." I am a VE and with all the upgrades to General and even Extra, the new hams are still on VHF and HT's. Sure a few made the jump, but the majority of them found it difficult to make or put up antennas, thus gave up on HF totally. Yet every month the ARRL is collecting it's $14.00 for all the upgrades and the circle goes round and round. You do not get any additional privilges on VHF for being a General or Extra Class so why bother?
My point is there are two different worlds of ham radio. Old dudes like us that grew up on HF with CW and those that only know VHF, the new hams. You tend to stick with what you know, and the hams today are not challenged anymore. CW will not live forever, it's a lost skill, and the new hams will give you a hundred reasons why they can't learn it and not one reason to give it a try.
This is not a finger pointing session, just stating the facts. So when you see the ARRL numbers of Generals and Extras, how many are using that license for it's intend use? The numbers will not be reflected correctly.
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by K6JPA on August 10, 2008
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I, for one, am a "newer ham", and have picked up CW for it's allure. While not all will agree, there are plenty of us newer operators that still find the mode important in a nostalgic sense, and appreciate it for what it represents to the history of amateur radio. Besides, it's fun!
I agree with the previous post that equates CW to sailing. It is the best comparison I've heard in describing how CW and amateur radio coexist. While some will balk at the thought of using the wind as a source of power, others (myself included) appreciate the challenge.
Sure, there are easier modes that an operator can opt to use, but I wouldn't hold my breath that CW will vanish from the amateur bands any time soon.
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by G4IRN on August 12, 2008
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Never mind CW... by the same argument why would you use moonbounce, satellites, SSTV/FSTV for contacts? None of them are easy - the challenge is making use of the mode and enjoying what you achieve. If new hams are not using CW then the problem is with the older generation not promoting it enough. Hats off to the guys at Stockport Radio Society for making the effort.
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