Dee:

Certainly everyone over 50 needs to step back and let the younger men
have a go--we are stagnated right now--I won't argue that point--it is
MUCH too obvious...

What "modes" are you using? I am using a 56k modem my son modified to
modulate a transmitter... any other person able to interface an old 56k
modem to their computer can get the data... now a nice 10mbs per second
mode would be nice, where is some cheap equipment?

John

"Dee Flint" wrote in message
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John Smith wrote:
I just support removing code because no new hams are using it in any
meaningful numbers.

I've seen plenty of new hams use Morse Code on the air. And plenty
who
use other modes. What information do you have to show that "no new
hams
are using it in any meaningful numbers."

The new state of the art hams are interested in hooking a modem up
and
interfacing the radio to the computer...

Some are - some aren't.

Hook up a code key and they loose interest immediately...

Depends on how you present it. And the word is "lose"....

Now, a bunch of old guys who are computer illiterate have no choice
than
to try to amuse themselves with a damn key...

Well, that leaves me out, because I'm neither old nor computer
illiterate.



He does not realize that it was this "bunch of old guys who are
computer illiterate" who developed several of the digital modes and
were some of the earliest amateurs to interface computers and radios.

At work it is not the "bunch of old guys who are computer illiterate"
who cannot find their way around a computer but instead the new kids
fresh out of school. It's the kids who cannot seem to figure out how
to use the advanced features of the spreadsheets, wordprocessors, etc
until someone leads them by the hand through it. The "bunch of old
guys who are computer illiterate" are the ones who explore the
software and become proficient in its many features.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE