the tonights show?
can some one tellme more?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: New Frequencies


> Hi Everyone;
>
> In my humble opinion, I hope cw never goes away.
>
> Their are people who are just sitting back waiting for a free ride to 
> become
> a general class operator.
>
> 5WPM is not that hard nor is it unreasonable to expect anyone to learn the
> code and pass the test.
>
> Code will punch through propagation more efficiently then any other mode.
>
> And, if you remember the demonstration on THE TONIGHT SHOW, it is faster
> than text messaging sent by a cell phone.
>
> If you have no interest in learning the code, then get on the chicken 
> band.
>
> 73 De Anthony W2AJV
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "hank smith" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 2:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [BLIND-HAMS] New Frequencies
>
>
>> if they get rid of the code can those of us who want to take code can we
>> do tso? and still get a license for cw?
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 9:15 PM
>> Subject: Re: New Frequencies
>>
>>
>>> Ed,
>>>
>>> When I first passed my general, I was about 14 years young at the time.
>>> I
>>> had a Viking Ranger one for a transmitter.  It ran A M of course but I
>>> had
>>> no microphone.  So that first morning after getting my ticket, I went up
>>> into the 75 meter phone band and on CW, called a guy running side band
>>> calling CQ and he answered me.  This was when most phone operators could
>>> still copy CW of course.  Anyhow, I about fell off my chair because he
>>> literally rag chewed with me for a long time and never once complains
>>> about
>>> me being on CW.  In fact, now that I think of it, he never asked me why 
>>> I
>>> didn't switch to phone.  Way cool.  Them were the days.  I hope, when
>>> they
>>> do away with CW testing all together, they at least keep one written
>>> question on the exam, and that is, Do you know what CW is?  The answer?
>>> I
>>> call it, for my packet buddies, the ODM, or the Original Digital Mode.
>>> No,
>>> I don't care if they do away with the code because only people who know
>>> the
>>> code, and can copy it, work the CW bands.  Just leave us with at least
>>> 100
>>> KHz of band width, though, because them dad blame digital boys are now
>>> taking up half the CW bands so we need at least 50 KHz to call CQ in.
>>>
>>> Phil.
>>> K0NX
>>>
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