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(OT) : Democrat's Out-Sourcing "Hate America" To Canada !
"John Barnard" wrote in message news:3C_tg.191877$IK3.72019@pd7tw1no... J. D. B. wrote: Well at least your estate will get to keep your life savings. If you get sick late in the year, and the healthcare facility/hospital shut down for the rest of the year because it ran out of government money (a typical scenario in Canada), there will be no one to give you any care and you'll just die. You are one delusional mofo! Lay off the Bush sauce and you'll be able to handle reality. But hey, your life savings will still be intact! Socialism! Oh! Canada! We speak two tongues...a nation united. Yeah! Eh? |
Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewith other.
"L is easy to remember. "to hell with it". Thank you, I was haveing trouble confusing "F" and "L" I got nothing against CW, but being kept out of amateur radio for 40+ years cus I had difficulty learning the code, sucks. Finally, I got enough right to barely pass the 5 wpm test. Still can't find anybody slow enough for me to copy on the air. If I ever get good enough to use it, I'll try a few homebrew transmitter projects. I expect there are some technically competent people who might be interested in amateur radio, but have no interest in learning code. John |
Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewith other.
If you want easy...and most of the CW whiners do...why don't you just hook
your laptop up to your DSL line and stay the hell off the air? Jeez, you've got a pathetic joke for an exam now with canned questions to memorize and no code to learn. Too bad you're not still in your mother's womb so you don't have to feed yourselves. Though you have deluded yourselves into believing you are "hams," you are hardly believable when you wear that title. The only reason you have been able to slip through into the dumbed-down requirements and some sort of fcc "license" sham is because your appliance manufacturers that make your rigs and the charlatans like the arrl are selling out the hobby so they can sell you things. It's ALL ABOUT THE MONEY and you no-coder idiots have fallen for it. As for traditional, genuine "hams, we may be from the "Stone Age," but once the dinosauers became extinct the pristine landscape took on pollution and overcrowding. You simpletons have all drank the Kool-Aid and cannot see that you are parties to the eventual elimination of ham radio. Thank God for "stone age hams," for at least there is someone still around that knows something about the avocation. "J. D. B." wrote in message ... John, Just get on digital modes. Don't worry about CW. Digital is where the fun is and the copy is much better. A buddy of mine in St. Louis and I experimented with low power and various digital modes last night on 40 meters. CW was marginal. The best was DominoEX with FEC - just about 100% all the time and it also has a second channel to display additional information. CW can be fun at times, but maybe it's not your thing. Let the stone-age hams continue with CW, and move up and on to the digital modes. MultiPSK, while a bit cluttered and ugly, is a great program you can use. MixW is cleaner looking and very good, but not as many capabilities in the program. Move on and start having fun. JDB JOHN D wrote: I got nothing against CW, but being kept out of amateur radio for 40+ years cus I had difficulty learning the code, sucks. Finally, I got enough right to barely pass the 5 wpm test. Still can't find anybody slow enough for me to copy on the air. If I ever get good enough to use it, I'll try a few homebrew transmitter projects. I expect there are some technically competent people who might be interested in amateur radio, but have no interest in learning code. John |
Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we cancommunicatewith other.
Smokey wrote: If you want easy...and most of the CW whiners do...why don't you just hook your laptop up to your DSL line and stay the hell off the air? Jeez, you've got a pathetic joke for an exam now with canned questions to memorize and no code to learn. Too bad you're not still in your mother's womb so you don't have to feed yourselves. Though you have deluded yourselves into believing you are "hams," you are hardly believable when you wear that title. The only reason you have been able to slip through into the dumbed-down requirements and some sort of fcc "license" sham is because your appliance manufacturers that make your rigs and the charlatans like the arrl are selling out the hobby so they can sell you things. It's ALL ABOUT THE MONEY and you no-coder idiots have fallen for it. As for traditional, genuine "hams, we may be from the "Stone Age," but once the dinosauers became extinct the pristine landscape took on pollution and overcrowding. You simpletons have all drank the Kool-Aid and cannot see that you are parties to the eventual elimination of ham radio. Thank God for "stone age hams," for at least there is someone still around that knows something about the avocation. Amen. dxAce Michigan USA "J. D. B." wrote in message ... John, Just get on digital modes. Don't worry about CW. Digital is where the fun is and the copy is much better. A buddy of mine in St. Louis and I experimented with low power and various digital modes last night on 40 meters. CW was marginal. The best was DominoEX with FEC - just about 100% all the time and it also has a second channel to display additional information. CW can be fun at times, but maybe it's not your thing. Let the stone-age hams continue with CW, and move up and on to the digital modes. MultiPSK, while a bit cluttered and ugly, is a great program you can use. MixW is cleaner looking and very good, but not as many capabilities in the program. Move on and start having fun. JDB JOHN D wrote: I got nothing against CW, but being kept out of amateur radio for 40+ years cus I had difficulty learning the code, sucks. Finally, I got enough right to barely pass the 5 wpm test. Still can't find anybody slow enough for me to copy on the air. If I ever get good enough to use it, I'll try a few homebrew transmitter projects. I expect there are some technically competent people who might be interested in amateur radio, but have no interest in learning code. John |
Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewithother.
JOHN D wrote:
Thank you, I was haveing trouble confusing "F" and "L" Was it embarrassing when you sent "good luck"? -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp |
Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewith other.
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On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 08:15:50 -0500, "Smokey" wrote: As for traditional, genuine "hams, we may be from the "Stone Age," but once the dinosauers became extinct the pristine landscape took on pollution and overcrowding. You simpletons have all drank the Kool-Aid and cannot see that you are parties to the eventual elimination of ham radio. ------------ REPLY SEPARATOR ------------ LOL! This from someone who calls himself "Smokey" and does not post his callsign. Can you say "troll", boys and girls? Bill, W6WRT |
Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewith other.
"J. D. B." wrote in message ... John, Just get on digital modes. Don't worry about CW. Digital is where the fun is and the copy is much better. A buddy of mine in St. Louis and I experimented with low power and various digital modes last night on 40 meters. CW was marginal. The best was DominoEX with FEC - just about 100% all the time and it also has a second channel to display additional information. CW can be fun at times, but maybe it's not your thing. Let the stone-age hams continue with CW, and move up and on to the digital modes. MultiPSK, while a bit cluttered and ugly, is a great program you can use. MixW is cleaner looking and very good, but not as many capabilities in the program. Move on and start having fun. You just don't get it do you. There are conditions for each mode that will make that mode "the best". Every mode has its place. That goes for voice, all the multiplicity of digital modes and yes CW. Last night you had the best luck with DominoEx. Another night RTTY might be better. Another night, voice might be more intelligible. Yet another night will favor CW. Based on what I've read about DominoEX, it is a form of Multi-Frequency Shift Keying. This variation looks to be more robust than others, however, anything that can compromise FSK and MFSK has the potential to compromise DominoEX. It will merely be a matter of the degree of severity needed before it becomes unusable. Just because something is old doesn't make it useless or stone age. Pencils have been around far longer and are still highly useful. Dee, N8UZE |
Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewithother.
Cecil Moore wrote:
JOHN D wrote: Thank you, I was haveing trouble confusing "F" and "L" Was it embarrassing when you sent "good luck"? Actually it was a simple realization on my part that half the alphabet was the mirror of the other. i.e. a/n f/l e/t etc. When I had this epiphany I basically knew the code. All I had to do was learn to receive it which I did successfully twice, once for my novice and once again when I sat for my Tech before my novice license came. Passed both tests. Haven't used it much since. My choice. Dave WD9BDZ |
Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewith other.
Dee Flint wrote: "J. D. B." wrote in message ... John, Just get on digital modes. Don't worry about CW. Digital is where the fun is and the copy is much better. A buddy of mine in St. Louis and I experimented with low power and various digital modes last night on 40 meters. CW was marginal. The best was DominoEX with FEC - just about 100% all the time and it also has a second channel to display additional information. CW can be fun at times, but maybe it's not your thing. Let the stone-age hams continue with CW, and move up and on to the digital modes. MultiPSK, while a bit cluttered and ugly, is a great program you can use. MixW is cleaner looking and very good, but not as many capabilities in the program. Move on and start having fun. You just don't get it do you. There are conditions for each mode that will make that mode "the best". Every mode has its place. That goes for voice, all the multiplicity of digital modes and yes CW. Last night you had the best luck with DominoEx. Another night RTTY might be better. Another night, voice might be more intelligible. Yet another night will favor CW. no you don't get it CW is in radio terms stone age, simol e fact stone does not mean useless you lack of ability to use english is worse than my problem with it you can't use words even though you can spell em A stone club is still leathal does that mean the army should drill and train with stone weapons? CW is obselete like HMS Canpous at the battle of the Falklands, like the Bowmen that fought with em in the retreat to Dunkirk . utility does not preclude obselenece LEARN ENGLISH esp when yo u lhave played spelling NAZI your self |
Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewithother.
Dee Flint wrote:
You just don't get it do you. There are conditions for each mode that will make that mode "the best". Every mode has its place. That goes for voice, all the multiplicity of digital modes and yes CW. Last night you had the best luck with DominoEx. Another night RTTY might be better. Another night, voice might be more intelligible. Yet another night will favor CW. Thanks Dee, you admitted that CW is not the best mode in any condition. You agree that different modes work better under differing conditions. I agree. That's why is it utterly stupid to test incoming hams on one mode of communication. Finally we agree on something. Based on what I've read about DominoEX, it is a form of Multi-Frequency Shift Keying. This variation looks to be more robust than others, however, anything that can compromise FSK and MFSK has the potential to compromise DominoEX. It will merely be a matter of the degree of severity needed before it becomes unusable. Any mode can become unusable depending on conditions. The best thing is that some digital modes can be decoded when you cannot even hear the signal with a human ear. You just cannot do that with CW. With CW if you cannot hear it, you cannot decode it. Just because something is old doesn't make it useless or stone age. Pencils have been around far longer and are still highly useful. I agree. I never said do away with CW. I like to use it myself. However, tube rigs suck more electricity than solid state rigs and are bad for the environment so old things can be rather useless or damaging. Just like CW, it's not useless, but continuing to have a CW testing requirement is damaging and outdated. Riding horses is fun still, but very few want them for the normal day to day transportation now. They may be useful still, but for everyday transportation they are no longer required. Horses are found more and more out in the pasture where the CW testing requirement belongs. Dee, N8UZE |
Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewithother.
an old freind wrote:
A stone club is still leathal does that mean the army should drill and train with stone weapons? I'll bet the special forces do indeed study such subjects. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp |
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J. D. B. wrote:
Thanks Dee, you admitted that CW is not the best mode in any condition. Actually, CW is the best mode for me under average conditions. It's my favorite mode. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp |
Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewith other.
Cecil Moore wrote: an old freind wrote: A stone club is still leathal does that mean the army should drill and train with stone weapons? I'll bet the special forces do indeed study such subjects. perhaps they do (and come to think of it I hope you are right) but not most of the Army -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp |
Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewith other.
"J. D. B." wrote in message ... Dee Flint wrote: You just don't get it do you. There are conditions for each mode that will make that mode "the best". Every mode has its place. That goes for voice, all the multiplicity of digital modes and yes CW. Last night you had the best luck with DominoEx. Another night RTTY might be better. Another night, voice might be more intelligible. Yet another night will favor CW. Thanks Dee, you admitted that CW is not the best mode in any condition. You agree that different modes work better under differing conditions. I agree. That's why is it utterly stupid to test incoming hams on one mode of communication. Finally we agree on something. No that has nothing to do with whether it should be tested. We do NOT agree on that issue. CW is a valid and useful mode but it is different in nature from the other modes. All the other digital modes simply require investing perhaps as much as 30 minutes in setting up the hardware and software to get up and running even if you make your own interface. So one can quickly evaluate whether or not they will like it. On the other hand, it is impossible to determine whether you will like CW until you have learned it, which takes some time. Many people who might like it won't tackle it unless it's required as they will have a false impression that it is too hard since there are so many trying to get the code requirement dropped by trying to convince people it is difficult. It is not difficult to learn but it does take time. I've known a number of people who admitted that they wouldn't have tried it unless required to do so but now find that they enjoy it. It's rather like piano lessons. Every adult I know who took piano as a child has made one of the two following statements: a) I'm glad my parents didn't let me quit, or, b) I wish my parents had not let me quit. The very adults who, as a child, were glad to drop piano are the ones who most deeply regret it now. Based on what I've read about DominoEX, it is a form of Multi-Frequency Shift Keying. This variation looks to be more robust than others, however, anything that can compromise FSK and MFSK has the potential to compromise DominoEX. It will merely be a matter of the degree of severity needed before it becomes unusable. Any mode can become unusable depending on conditions. The best thing is that some digital modes can be decoded when you cannot even hear the signal with a human ear. You just cannot do that with CW. With CW if you cannot hear it, you cannot decode it. That is true but it is not a reason to condemn CW. It is merely a working parameter that one must deal with. Besides one can run CW at a higher output without risking damage to the radio to often make up the difference. Keep in mind that if you include the power requirements for the computer and monitor plus radio that a 25watt output signal for the digital mode draws more power than a radio putting out 100watts of CW. I have repeatedly maintained that each mode has its advantages and disadvantages but the anti-CW crowd takes its particular characteristics as a reason to castigate it. They refuse to objectively evaluate their "high-tech" digital modes for their unique advantages and disadvantages. There are times when a voice signal will beat the digital modes in intelligibility. For example, PSK goes belly up with even the slightest auroral disturbance yet voices, while distorted, can still come through. It will take a higher level of auroral activity to knock out voice in comparison to that required to knock out PSK. A well rounded ham should be able to select his/her mode on the basis of conditions and not be limited to by the fact that they were allowed to "slide" on the code training. Just because something is old doesn't make it useless or stone age. Pencils have been around far longer and are still highly useful. I agree. I never said do away with CW. I like to use it myself. However, tube rigs suck more electricity than solid state rigs and are bad for the environment so old things can be rather useless or damaging. Just like CW, it's not useless, but continuing to have a CW testing requirement is damaging and outdated. Who says you have to stick to tube rigs to run CW? I know you know better than that. Tube rigs have largely gone away (except for collectors) simply because its much easier to deal with solid state equipment. Yet if one wants to run a legal limit amp, it's going to be a tube unit as they haven't come up with a way to do it cost effectively any other way. I strongly disagree that a CW testing requirement is damaging or outdated. There simply is not sufficient data to support that point of few. An occasional anecdote does not qualify as valid data. Riding horses is fun still, but very few want them for the normal day to day transportation now. They may be useful still, but for everyday transportation they are no longer required. Horses are found more and more out in the pasture where the CW testing requirement belongs. Again I disagree. That analogy is not really valid. A better one would be comparing it to driving an automobile with a stick shift. I personally feel that every one who drives should be required to know how to drive a stick. They often get better mileage than automatics as an experienced driver can do a better job of selecting the shift point than a mere gadget. More people might select stick shifts if only they knew how to drive one. Dee, N8UZE |
Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewith other.
"Cecil Moore" wrote in message .com... an old freind wrote: A stone club is still leathal does that mean the army should drill and train with stone weapons? I'll bet the special forces do indeed study such subjects. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp And no doubt bare hands, wire, and anything else that may be available. Dee, N8UZE |
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"Cecil Moore" wrote in message .com... J. D. B. wrote: Thanks Dee, you admitted that CW is not the best mode in any condition. Actually, CW is the best mode for me under average conditions. It's my favorite mode. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp Unfortunately the anti-code crowd sees any rational comparison of the modes as supporting their position. I do not support dropping the code requirement. Dee, N8UZE |
Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewith other.
Dee Flint wrote: "J. D. B." wrote in message ... Dee Flint wrote: You just don't get it do you. There are conditions for each mode that will make that mode "the best". Every mode has its place. That goes for voice, all the multiplicity of digital modes and yes CW. Last night you had the best luck with DominoEx. Another night RTTY might be better. Another night, voice might be more intelligible. Yet another night will favor CW. Thanks Dee, you admitted that CW is not the best mode in any condition. You agree that different modes work better under differing conditions. I agree. That's why is it utterly stupid to test incoming hams on one mode of communication. Finally we agree on something. No that has nothing to do with whether it should be tested. We do NOT agree on that issue. lying again bitch it certainly has something to do with the issue but then you arenot honest about most thing |
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Dee, you can disagree all you want. The fact is that the world is moving
on and away from CW testing. Not the mode, but the testing requirement. It is just outdated and not necessary. If you want to learn it and then use it, great. The time has come to stop forcing an old mode onto people. We can debate the merits of CW all day. In 200 years, no one will be using it. It will die a natural death like all languages because the world evolves. Better things come along. And like many humans, you are resisting change because people hate change. But change is inevitable. You cannot stop this change and it is a change for the better even if you won't admit it. History will show the only way to save the Amateur Radio Service and help its growth is to evolve and change. Out with the old and in with the new. Those that won't evolve will fade from the earth just like stone-age man. Good bye CW testing requirement. Your departure is long, long overdue. Dee Flint wrote: Again I disagree. That analogy is not really valid. A better one would be comparing it to driving an automobile with a stick shift. I personally feel that every one who drives should be required to know how to drive a stick. They often get better mileage than automatics as an experienced driver can do a better job of selecting the shift point than a mere gadget. More people might select stick shifts if only they knew how to drive one. Dee, N8UZE |
Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewithother.
Dee Flint wrote:
Unfortunately the anti-code crowd sees any rational comparison of the modes as supporting their position. I do not support dropping the code requirement. It's like riding a bicycle when you could be driving an SUV. If you like to do it, then do it, but don't force others to adopt your particular favorite aspect of our hobby. There's room for many favorite aspects. For communications capability under difficult conditions, CW cannot hold a candle to PACTOR II. For fun, PACTOR II cannot hold a candle to CW. That's my personal experience and opinion. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp |
(OT) : Democrat's Out-Sourcing "Hate America" To Canada !
John Barnard wrote in news:3C_tg.191877$IK3.72019@pd7tw1no:
J. D. B. wrote: Well at least your estate will get to keep your life savings. If you get sick late in the year, and the healthcare facility/hospital shut down for the rest of the year because it ran out of government money (a typical scenario in Canada), there will be no one to give you any care and you'll just die. You are one delusional mofo! Lay off the Bush sauce and you'll be able to handle reality. But hey, your life savings will still be intact! Is socialized health care great or what? Provided you don't die while standing in line for the doctor. SC |
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"J. D. B." wrote in
: John, Just get on digital modes. Don't worry about CW. Digital is where the fun is and the copy is much better. A buddy of mine in St. Louis and I experimented with low power and various digital modes last night on 40 meters. CW was marginal. The best was DominoEX with FEC - just about 100% all the time and it also has a second channel to display additional information. CW can be fun at times, but maybe it's not your thing. Let the stone-age hams continue with CW, and move up and on to the digital modes. Yes, just as long as it's still required to get a license and the speeds need to be bumped back up to 13 & 20wpm again. SC |
Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewith other.
"JOHN D" wrote in
news:gD2ug.2582$k31.2016@trnddc06: "L is easy to remember. "to hell with it". Thank you, I was haveing trouble confusing "F" and "L" I got nothing against CW, but being kept out of amateur radio for 40+ years cus I had difficulty learning the code, sucks. Finally, I got enough right to barely pass the 5 wpm test. Still can't find anybody slow enough for me to copy on the air. If I ever get good enough to use it, I'll try a few homebrew transmitter projects. I expect there are some technically competent people who might be interested in amateur radio, but have no interest in learning code. John They're not interested in being about to communicate in all ways effectively, they just want to be phonies. They they could've stuck to CB for that. |
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J. D. B. wrote:
Sorry John, do some reading for once as that is the reality of the Canadian system. You'll actually learn something if you do research yourself and not just listen to NPR and CNN. Now, on the other hand, if you live in the U.K., you'll still have healthcare through the end of the year, but if you are too old, they just let you die as it is not worth the expenditure to keep someone old alive even longer. But again, hey, your estate gets to keep the money! Come on, this isn't really John now is it? Hillary Clinton, is that you? John Barnard wrote: You are one delusional mofo! Lay off the Bush sauce and you'll be able to handle reality. JB Here are your words: If you get sick late in the year, and the healthcare facility/hospital shut down for the rest of the year because it ran out of government money (a typical scenario in Canada), there will be no one to give you any care and you'll just die. Pray tell, oh wise one, from what source are you getting this information? You claim that this is a typical scenario in Canada, which is utter BS (= Bush ****), which means that it happens all the time. It seems rather strange that none of this seems to make the headlines or news. BTW, I overheard this while I was visiting in Toronto and witnessed an accident: " Wow! The police and ambulance are much quicker here than in Atlanta". JB |
(OT) : Democrat's Out-Sourcing "Hate America" To Canada !
John Barnard wrote: J. D. B. wrote: Sorry John, do some reading for once as that is the reality of the Canadian system. You'll actually learn something if you do research yourself and not just listen to NPR and CNN. Now, on the other hand, if you live in the U.K., you'll still have healthcare through the end of the year, but if you are too old, they just let you die as it is not worth the expenditure to keep someone old alive even longer. But again, hey, your estate gets to keep the money! Come on, this isn't really John now is it? Hillary Clinton, is that you? John Barnard wrote: You are one delusional mofo! Lay off the Bush sauce and you'll be able to handle reality. JB Here are your words: If you get sick late in the year, and the healthcare facility/hospital shut down for the rest of the year because it ran out of government money (a typical scenario in Canada), there will be no one to give you any care and you'll just die. Pray tell, oh wise one, from what source are you getting this information? You claim that this is a typical scenario in Canada, which is utter BS (= Bush ****), Are you certain that isn't Barnard ****? dxAce Michigan USA |
(OT) : Democrat's Out-Sourcing "Hate America" To Canada !
John Barnard wrote: J. D. B. wrote: Sorry John, do some reading for once as that is the reality of the Canadian system. You'll actually learn something if you do research yourself and not just listen to NPR and CNN. Now, on the other hand, if you live in the U.K., you'll still have healthcare through the end of the year, but if you are too old, they just let you die as it is not worth the expenditure to keep someone old alive even longer. But again, hey, your estate gets to keep the money! Come on, this isn't really John now is it? Hillary Clinton, is that you? John Barnard wrote: You are one delusional mofo! Lay off the Bush sauce and you'll be able to handle reality. JB Here are your words: If you get sick late in the year, and the healthcare facility/hospital shut down for the rest of the year because it ran out of government money (a typical scenario in Canada), there will be no one to give you any care and you'll just die. Pray tell, oh wise one, from what source are you getting this information? You claim that this is a typical scenario in Canada, which is utter BS (= Bush ****), which means that it happens all the time. It seems rather strange that none of this seems to make the headlines or news. Maybe they just don't want you to know the truth? Not surprising, since the government in CanaDuh woud fall if you ever discovered the truth. BTW, I overheard this while I was visiting in Toronto and witnessed an accident: " Wow! The police and ambulance are much quicker here than in Atlanta". Did the accident involve the police and the ambulance racing to the donut shop? Maybe that's why they appeared to be quicker. dxAce Michigan USA |
Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewithother.
Sorry Blow Code, but you cannot turn back the hands of time. The 13 & 20
WPM tests are gone forever. And soon, the CW testing requirement will be eliminated completely. It's the will of the majority. It's evolution. You can whine, cry and carry on all you want about the CW testing requirement. It is going the way of the buggy whip, the Ford Model-T, dinosaurs, the carrier pigeons, and a host of other old, outdated, and unnecessary things of the past. Good Bye and Good Riddance. Slow Code wrote: Yes, just as long as it's still required to get a license and the speeds need to be bumped back up to 13 & 20wpm again. SC |
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Slow Code wrote:
Yes, just as long as it's still required to get a license and the speeds need to be bumped back up to 13 & 20wpm again. If CW testing is such a good thing, let's bump it up to 50. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp |
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J. D. B. wrote: Sorry Blow Code, but you cannot turn back the hands of time. The 13 & 20 WPM tests are gone forever. And soon, the CW testing requirement will be eliminated completely. It's the will of the majority. It's evolution. You can whine, cry and carry on all you want about the CW testing requirement. It is going the way of the buggy whip, the Ford Model-T, dinosaurs, the carrier pigeons, and a host of other old, outdated, and unnecessary things of the past. Good Bye and Good Riddance. not the majority prehaps it is the will of and judgement of those that are supposed to serve the bets interest of the people the best interest of the people are served but ending code testing and the code culture that has dominated it and sent it on a downword slide not certain we can fix it with NOCode but it will be easier to try Slow Code wrote: Yes, just as long as it's still required to get a license and the speeds need to be bumped back up to 13 & 20wpm again. SC |
Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewith other.
"J. D. B." wrote in
: Dee, you can disagree all you want. The fact is that the world is moving on and away from CW testing. Not the mode, but the testing requirement. It is just outdated and not necessary. If you want to learn it and then use it, great. The time has come to stop forcing an old mode onto people. We can debate the merits of CW all day. In 200 years, no one will be using it. It will die a natural death like all languages because the world evolves. Better things come along. And like many humans, you are resisting change because people hate change. But change is inevitable. You cannot stop this change and it is a change for the better even if you won't admit it. History will show the only way to save the Amateur Radio Service and help its growth is to evolve and change. Out with the old and in with the new. Those that won't evolve will fade from the earth just like stone-age man. Good bye CW testing requirement. Your departure is long, long overdue. Dee Flint wrote: Again I disagree. That analogy is not really valid. A better one would be comparing it to driving an automobile with a stick shift. I personally feel that every one who drives should be required to know how to drive a stick. They often get better mileage than automatics as an experienced driver can do a better job of selecting the shift point than a mere gadget. More people might select stick shifts if only they knew how to drive one. Dee, N8UZE As it happens, I do think people should have to learn on a stick shift, but I don't support code testing. If you can't drive a stick shift, you can't drive my car, as every car I've had has had a stick shift and so will every car I buy in future. OTOH, every rig I've bought has come with a mic, and none of them came with a key. Now, I know you can get some QRP rigs that are CW only. The point is, there is a very real chance that it may be necessary to drive someone else's car in an emergency, or even just to help out. What happens when you need to get someone to the emergency room and the only car available is a stick shift? It's no good saying that statistically manual shifts are declining in sales, as there are plenty of us who will never buy an automatic. OK, maybe you can say that you don't own a mic, and all the rigs in your shack are hooked up to a key (good luck on the local repeater!). What then is the realistic scenario where I will have to use one of your radios to save the world? (or even to save the next door neighbour) Doesn't seem to likely, does it? |
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Slow Code wrote:
"RHF" wrote in ups.com: JB - Spoken like a True Red and White {Blue-in-the-Face} Canadian ~ RHF . . . . Kanadians are more Red... Commie Red. slow code is lo-co |
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jawod wrote: Slow Code wrote: "RHF" wrote in ups.com: JB - Spoken like a True Red and White {Blue-in-the-Face} Canadian ~ RHF . . . . Kanadians are more Red... Commie Red. slow code is lo-co yea he canada arabs jews it seems, Ham radio, republicans and democrats anybody he doesn't hate |
(OT) : Democrat's Out-Sourcing "Hate America" To Canada !
J. D. B. wrote:
Sorry John, do some reading for once as that is the reality of the Canadian system. You'll actually learn something if you do research yourself and not just listen to NPR and CNN. Now, on the other hand, if you live in the U.K., you'll still have healthcare through the end of the year, but if you are too old, they just let you die as it is not worth the expenditure to keep someone old alive even longer. But again, hey, your estate gets to keep the money! Come on, this isn't really John now is it? Hillary Clinton, is that you? John Barnard wrote: You are one delusional mofo! Lay off the Bush sauce and you'll be able to handle reality. JB Oh Brother! Reality check time: Why don't YOU read a bit about Medicare D? Aging baby boomers are about to be screwed in ways they couldn't even imagine. Insurance companies entirely control Congressional debate and actually write the rules. Most of Congress doesn't even READ what they're signing on to. O'Reilly, is that you? |
Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewithother.
dxAce wrote:
Smokey wrote: If you want easy...and most of the CW whiners do...why don't you just hook your laptop up to your DSL line and stay the hell off the air? Jeez, you've got a pathetic joke for an exam now with canned questions to memorize and no code to learn. Too bad you're not still in your mother's womb so you don't have to feed yourselves. Though you have deluded yourselves into believing you are "hams," you are hardly believable when you wear that title. The only reason you have been able to slip through into the dumbed-down requirements and some sort of fcc "license" sham is because your appliance manufacturers that make your rigs and the charlatans like the arrl are selling out the hobby so they can sell you things. It's ALL ABOUT THE MONEY and you no-coder idiots have fallen for it. As for traditional, genuine "hams, we may be from the "Stone Age," but once the dinosauers became extinct the pristine landscape took on pollution and overcrowding. You simpletons have all drank the Kool-Aid and cannot see that you are parties to the eventual elimination of ham radio. Thank God for "stone age hams," for at least there is someone still around that knows something about the avocation. Amen. dxAce Michigan USA "J. D. B." wrote in message ... John, Just get on digital modes. Don't worry about CW. Digital is where the fun is and the copy is much better. A buddy of mine in St. Louis and I experimented with low power and various digital modes last night on 40 meters. CW was marginal. The best was DominoEX with FEC - just about 100% all the time and it also has a second channel to display additional information. CW can be fun at times, but maybe it's not your thing. Let the stone-age hams continue with CW, and move up and on to the digital modes. MultiPSK, while a bit cluttered and ugly, is a great program you can use. MixW is cleaner looking and very good, but not as many capabilities in the program. Move on and start having fun. JDB JOHN D wrote: I got nothing against CW, but being kept out of amateur radio for 40+ years cus I had difficulty learning the code, sucks. Finally, I got enough right to barely pass the 5 wpm test. Still can't find anybody slow enough for me to copy on the air. If I ever get good enough to use it, I'll try a few homebrew transmitter projects. I expect there are some technically competent people who might be interested in amateur radio, but have no interest in learning code. John Lighten up. There's room for everyone. I love CW but I have no illusions about it's ultimate capabilities. It's just FUN! Looking forward to experimenting with digital, too. I'd do more SSB if only I knew what to say. hihi John AB8WH |
Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewith other.
"J. D. B." wrote in
: Sorry Blow Code, but you cannot turn back the hands of time. The 13 & 20 WPM tests are gone forever. And soon, the CW testing requirement will be eliminated completely. It's the will of the majority. It's evolution. You can whine, cry and carry on all you want about the CW testing requirement. It is going the way of the buggy whip, the Ford Model-T, dinosaurs, the carrier pigeons, and a host of other old, outdated, and unnecessary things of the past. Good Bye and Good Riddance. Spoken like a true appliance operator. If there is any crying and whining after CW is gone, it will be by phonies wondering why their bands sound like CB. SC |
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jawod wrote in :
Slow Code wrote: "RHF" wrote in ups.com: JB - Spoken like a True Red and White {Blue-in-the-Face} Canadian ~ RHF . . . . Kanadians are more Red... Commie Red. slow code is lo-co LOL, Good one jawod. Did you come up with that all by yourself or did you have to copy & paste one of Markie's spelling mistakes. SC |
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Slow Code wrote: jawod wrote in : slow code is lo-co LOL, Good one jawod. Did you come up with that all by yourself or did you have to copy & paste one of Markie's spelling mistakes. you are loco SC |
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an old friend wrote: Slow Code wrote: jawod wrote in : slow code is lo-co LOL, Good one jawod. Did you come up with that all by yourself or did you have to copy & paste one of Markie's spelling mistakes. you are loco PKB, retard. |
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VENT (OT) : Democrat's Out-Sourcing "Hate America" To Canada !
In article TY1Ag.303358$iF6.152609@pd7tw2no,
Paul Hinman wrote: J. D. B. wrote: Well at least your estate will get to keep your life savings. If you get sick late in the year, and the healthcare facility/hospital shut down for the rest of the year because it ran out of government money (a typical scenario in Canada), there will be no one to give you any care and you'll just die. But hey, your life savings will still be intact! Is socialized health care great or what? - At least in Canada you get to keep - your life savings if you get sick. I am a Canadian with serious chronic health problems and I have much more experience with the health system than I would like to have, I have come close being a silent key several times, I am sure that there are some who feel that is too bad that I was allowed to breed before my medical problems became obvious. In the minds of some I suppose that I have peed in the genetic pool. I have never heard of a Canadian hospital shutting down because the money did not last until fiscal year end. While there are some weaknesses in our system such as delays in elective procedures but when the sand was running out of the hour glass there was always a system to help me out. Here everyone can get insured, there is an option to opt out of medicare but who would? Think of the overhead that American doctors face having to deal with multiple insurance companies, each with different forms and procedures. Think of the people who can't get medical insurance no matter what the cost. Think of those who don't have because they can't afford it. And then there are those who exercise their right not have it. In a situation where people get treated but can't afford to pay, the rates for everyone else must go up to compensate. Canada is not perfect but it is a pretty nice place to live and we try to contribute as best we can. By the way, if I were an American I would vote republican but I am not a single issue voter so don't construe that to mean that I from the far right wing. Consider me a fiscal conservative with a social conscience. Interestingly, my wife is also a Canadian, she moved down here to the US just before we got married. She worked only part time in Canada. Aparantly, the health care is NOT universal, as many meds she needed she had to pay for out of her own pocket, and had to wait months for an MRI (She just had one here on one weeks notice). Yup, there are issues here too, but the Canadian system is far from perfect either. |
VENT (OT) : Democrat's Out-Sourcing "Hate America" To Canada!
Jerseyj wrote:
In article TY1Ag.303358$iF6.152609@pd7tw2no, Paul Hinman wrote: J. D. B. wrote: Well at least your estate will get to keep your life savings. If you get sick late in the year, and the healthcare facility/hospital shut down for the rest of the year because it ran out of government money (a typical scenario in Canada), there will be no one to give you any care and you'll just die. But hey, your life savings will still be intact! Is socialized health care great or what? - At least in Canada you get to keep - your life savings if you get sick. I am a Canadian with serious chronic health problems and I have much more experience with the health system than I would like to have, I have come close being a silent key several times, I am sure that there are some who feel that is too bad that I was allowed to breed before my medical problems became obvious. In the minds of some I suppose that I have peed in the genetic pool. I have never heard of a Canadian hospital shutting down because the money did not last until fiscal year end. While there are some weaknesses in our system such as delays in elective procedures but when the sand was running out of the hour glass there was always a system to help me out. Here everyone can get insured, there is an option to opt out of medicare but who would? Think of the overhead that American doctors face having to deal with multiple insurance companies, each with different forms and procedures. Think of the people who can't get medical insurance no matter what the cost. Think of those who don't have because they can't afford it. And then there are those who exercise their right not have it. In a situation where people get treated but can't afford to pay, the rates for everyone else must go up to compensate. Canada is not perfect but it is a pretty nice place to live and we try to contribute as best we can. By the way, if I were an American I would vote republican but I am not a single issue voter so don't construe that to mean that I from the far right wing. Consider me a fiscal conservative with a social conscience. Interestingly, my wife is also a Canadian, she moved down here to the US just before we got married. She worked only part time in Canada. Aparantly, the health care is NOT universal, as many meds she needed she had to pay for out of her own pocket, and had to wait months for an MRI (She just had one here on one weeks notice). Yup, there are issues here too, but the Canadian system is far from perfect either. There are delays I will admit that. Universal means that everyone can participate it, it does not mean that it covers everything. I also have private insurance to cover drugs, dentistry, the surcharge for private hosptital rooms etc. I guess that I got really ticked off when the guy said that hospitals routinely close because they run out of money, that was bull and it really ticked me off. Please excuse my sensitivity. Paul -- Paul S. Hinman - VE6LDS long West 113 deg 27 min 20 sec lat North 53 deg 27 min 3 sec Maidenhead Locator DO33gk |
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