Yes, if you want a treat, just get on C W and have a q s o with Lou, WA3MIX, 
A great operator.  73
Ed  K7UC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: The Original Digital Mode


> Phil,
>
> First, while studying for the extra these past few weeks I came across a
> question about a digital mode that employs pulses of varying length.  The
> correct answer, of course, was Morse code.  After reading some of the 
> other
> comments on CW on this list I went down to the shack and called cQ on 20 
> CW
> and there was Ed, K7UC.  Small and often wonderful world.  Lou
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 7:11 PM
> Subject: The Original Digital Mode
>
>
>> Lou,
>>
>> I've been a ham for 45 years and CW, or the Original Digital Mode, as in
>> ODM
>> for short, has always been my favorite.  I like sideband when talking 
>> with
>> friends but I've always love CW and, in fact, I think it was CW that
>> attracted me the most in getting a license in the first place.  CW is 
>> also
>> far from being dead.  With the band not so hot right now, it doesn't look
>> like CW is very much but you let a contest, or Field Day, pop on to the
>> bands, and you can't even find a place to have a normal CW contact; the 
>> CW
>> bands are so crowded.  Now is also the time to learn CW because, with 
>> your
>> general class, a guy can get on the air on any band and run any speed and
>> he
>> will find someone to talk to him at that speed.  I do it all the time. 
>> DX
>> is easier to work and if you aren't running an amplifier, CW is where
>> you'll
>> make the most contacts.  I'd give up the hobby, I do believe, if they 
>> band
>> CW operation on the ham bands.  It just wouldn't be as fun any longer
>> under
>> those conditions.  Come to think of it, maybe even with a Technician
>> license
>> you can operate CW on the CW bands.  I don't remember the rules any 
>> longer
>> about that.
>>
>> Phil.
>> K0NX
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:28 PM
>> Subject: Re: Dumbing down, was Re: Selling Gear Online
>>
>>
>>> Some clubs have actually reported an increased interest in CW now that
>>> it's
>>> not manditory.  Speaking as some one who operates it a lot and for whom
>>> it's
>>> my favorite mode, I hope that's not just wishful thinking.  Sure it's
>>> outmoded by other digital modes but it sure is a fun and relaxing skill
>>> to
>>> exercise.  Lou WA3MIX