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I don't know the code but have always wanted to learn it in case i ever needed it. Now granted my spelling is gosh awful so there would go my grade if I did decide to plunge in to this head first.
S
On Jun 11, 2010, at 7:55 AM, Butch Bussen wrote:
> I agree. I've never enjoyed the code. Some love it, it just has always
> been way to hard for me to pick up on. I was sure Glad when I passed
> my test. I enjoy the technical side of the hobby. To each his own.
> 73
> Butch Bussen
> wa0vjr
> open Node 3148
> Las Vegas
>
>
> On
> Fri, 11 Jun 2010, Steve Dresser wrote:
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>> Ed,
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>> Maybe that works for some people, but my last CW QSO happened some time in
>> the early 70s. I'm not putting down the mode for those who enjoy it, and I
>> definitely respect the skill and challenge it presents; I'm just saying it's
>> not my thing. Maybe part of that comes from having used it 8 hours a day
>> for the better part of a year as the output for my computer terminal. That
>> definitely built up my speed and proficiency, but once I got a braille
>> terminal, I just never looked back.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 22:06
>> Subject: More about C W
>>
>>
>>> Gerry and Steve, when I got my ticket way back just before dirt was
>>> invented
>>> to get the ticket of coarse I had to pass the code. I said to myself when
>>> I
>>> get that general ticket I was throwing my key in the garbage. I got on
>>> phone for about six months and then got so bored with that I dug the key
>>> out
>>> of file 13 and went back to c w and for the most part I have stayed and if
>>> I
>>> had to give up either mode it would be phone in a heartbeat. The more
>>> proficient you get the more you enjoy it like most things I think. 73 Ed
>>> K7UC
>>>
>>
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