Dan/W4NTI wrote:
"an old friend" wrote in message
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Dan/W4NTI wrote:

Minor correction "John Smith". If the USA decided not to drop CW, it
would NOT be alone in world. Russia and her ex Soviet Block nations
have
all decided to keep CW.

and you WANT the US to keep such company


Absolutely I want us to keep such company.

Hows the old saying go? Keep your enemies close and your friends closer.

It the other way around, Dan: Keep your friends close, and your enemies
closer.

But otherwise you are spot-on.

Ideologies aside, there is one big difference between their country and
ours. During WWII, they were brought to the brink of existence, and
survival was not at all certain. That has perhaps changed their outlook
on communications in extremis.

Here, we "know" that in emergencies that we will use cell phones and
the Internet, and all will be well. For some reason or other, they think
that perhaps a time will come when technology can fail. Then whatchya got?

- Mike KB3EIA -