JJ wrote:

N2EY wrote:


A question for JJ: Are you against the MODE, or just the TEST? Words like
"antiquated" and "obsolete", when applied to a mode, don't indicate support to
most people.

I am not against the mode, and not sure it is necessary to testing
anymore. CW will continue for some time to come to be a ham radio
tradition and will be in use on the bands probably long after most
of us are gone, even if it is dropped from the requirements to
obtain a license. The use of "antiquated" or "obsolete" does not
automatically imply against. A Ford Model T is antiquated and
obsolete as compared to modern day automobiles, but I certainly am
not against those who restore and run Model T's, I really like
seeing one go down the street. I restore old "antiquated" and
"obsolete" radios, and play them every day.
I am against those who think that they are far superior to others
just because they use and support CW as opposed to those who chose
not to use that mode. There are those on this group who constantly
remind everyone how much superior they are and they are the "real"
hams just because they like to use CW. They are no more superior
or a "real" ham than the ham who chooses not to use that mode. It
is all their inflated egos and nothing else. Their opinion of the
importance of CW is just that, their opinion and nothing more. CW
isn't going to save the world.

JJ you really don't need to display yourself as a code illiterate, just because
you're
irritated that someone would actually advocate using it on the air. You don't have
to.
But you can't seem to help yourself. If you've never observed radio operators - REAL

radio operators, using code in a very efficient way, that's just your loss. No need
for you to
act so stupid over it.

Some people can, others "just don't want to". You can be one of those if you wish.