"AJ Lake" wrote in message
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Scott wrote:

I think Techs have some HF privileges again...a bit confusing

I was happy when they gave the Technician Class License HF CW privileges
because I thought that it would help the sagging numbers found on
the CW bands. Currently they have the same CW privileges as the General
Class on 80, 40, and 15M HF bands.

I hang mainly on 80 and 40 CW and average a couple of QSOs a day. To this
date I have yet to contact a Tech. (I check QRZ.com when making entries in
my computer log.) So at this point it doesn't seem to have increased CW
activity as much as I had hoped.

BTW using the internet makes QSOs even more interesting. QRZ.com often has
blurbs and photos of the guy you just talked to. Also using Google Maps
you
can pinpoint his location, and often using Google Streets you can even see
a
photo of his house. Amazing.

I hate Google Streets. It would seem to be an invasion of privacy for
someone to go around taking pictures. The only use is if you are trying to
buy or sell a house. Or plotting a crime. My PO box is on my license.
Perfectly legal since it gets sent out all over the World

I went from Novice to Advanced, having failed the 20wpm the first time. I
still loved to hang on 40 CW, 2 and 440 FM for years. Then 40 got taken
over by broadcasters. I'm a little bit of everywhere now. With 2 m SSB
becoming popular, I've found cross mode CW/SSB actually works, so more
people find it useful than let on. I had talked to some tech+ on 10 SSB/CW.