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Old September 8th 06, 05:41 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.scanner
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Default If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?

On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 23:50:20 GMT, Slow Code spake
thusly:

" wrote in
roups.com:

Dee Flint wrote:
"Opus-" wrote in message
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CW is as useful to todays Hams as carpentry is to a mechanic. A good
thing to learn, and potentially useful, but should not be a barrier.


This is where your analogy falls apart. CW is currently very useful to
hams. It is in daily use. However, the arguments have already been
presented and those with closed minds have rejected them.


Pity the morse zealots and their closed minds... :-)




Pity the lazy asses that just want to be appliance operators. They care
nothing for the integrity of the service.


Newsflash: ALL radio operators, code or no-code, are "appliance
operators" as you colloquially state. A radio is a means to
communicate. Knowing code just adds another way to use that radio.