"Slow Code" wrote in message
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"JOHN D" wrote in
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Why am I wasteing my time brushing up on radio & electronic theory and
studying schematics when, apparantly, all I need is better cw skills to
enable me to fix my radios.


You need both to be a well balance operator. If you're willing and
motivated enough to be able to learn and communicate with CW, you're also
more likely to be motivated to advance yourself technically in other areas
of radio as well. You won't be one of those unmotivated no-code appliance
operators you hear on repeaters who spend their days kerchunking all the
machines in the area.

SC

I guess my 2m in the car qualifies as an appliance radio. My HF radios are
mostly all old tube type. Real radios have a warm glow. I came upon a
bargain that I couldn't pass up on a Yaesu FT-901. I'm still trying to
decide if it's too new for me. I still practice with code tapes but I ain't
getting much better but, I'm proud of my 5 wpm extra class licence.
John