What was shown on tv wasn't that cw gets through, but that those guys
could send code faster than someone could text message on a cell phone.
Not sure this has anything to do with getting through, it was just faster,
and those people were above the average ham as far as cw goes. I've seen
ddigital modes get through when you couldn't even tell they were there in
the noise, no way could you have copied code.
73s
Butch Bussen
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