Steve, that is the beauty of Ham Radio.  There is many different modes of 
operation which gives us all something we like and enjoy.  73
Ed  K7UC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 7:20 AM
Subject: Re: More about C W


> Ed,
>
> 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
>>