Thread: Why can't you people see that CW makes better more capable hams?
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Old December 8th 06, 12:35 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy
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Default Why can't you people see that CW makes better more capable hams?
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Slow Code wrote:
Lets just say the microphone on your HF rig breaks during an emergency
and you don't have a spare. The ham that knows CW can keep
communicating.

Lets just say the telegraphy key on your HF rig breaks during an
emergency and you don't have a spare....

The ham that doesn't know CW is going to die.

SC

The ham that knows CW is going to die, right?


No, he would live. He would remove the broken key, and send the message by
shorting the wires together. Code hams are always able get the message
out. That's why pro-coders are so important to ham radio.

SC
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