Al Klein wrote:
On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 23:36:37 GMT, Slow Code wrote:

And people shouldn't have to learn multiplication tables because we have
calculators now.

Why learn arithmetic or math at all? Spelling and grammar seem to be
old-fashioned. Letz ghuct spel theengs thu wae thay soun. Maybe we
can even make ourselves understood once in a great while that way.
indeed sir consist spelling is something that is barely more half again
as old as radio

Digital modes are great - for someone who spells the words you
understand the way you were taught to spell them. CW seems to work no
matter what the accent or native tongue.
funny thing that property how all the cw people claim they can't read
text the monet it is mispelled but they can read CW all the time no
matter the lang

But people don't want to learn digital modes either - it's just one of
those things that sounds like a good argument until you actually look
at it. How many hams can actually read a waterfall display for
anything but PSK? And not that many can even do that.
really then why I am racking EME qso's my station needs ground gain to
complete the contacts so I get only about 40 minute at moon rise and
moon set but I have bagged a QSO everytime I have tried (and near the
New Moon at that)