Jim Hampton wrote:
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Note how much wider the 'phone bands would become under the proposal.
73 de Jim, N2EY

That's fine by me as just 20% of hams who use HF
also use CW on a regular basis.


And I'm not afraid to switch to CW right in that phone band when someone
tries to jump on me. Been there, worn that T-shirt. Funny how 75 watts of
cw can get through a kilowatt AM station.


73 from Rochester, NY
Jim AA2QA

Mighty Macho Morse Man?

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Jim Hampton wrote:
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Note how much wider the 'phone bands would become under the
proposal.
73 de Jim, N2EY

That's fine by me as just 20% of hams who use HF
also use CW on a regular basis.


And I'm not afraid to switch to CW right in that phone band when someone
tries to jump on me. Been there, worn that T-shirt. Funny how 75 watts
of
cw can get through a kilowatt AM station.


73 from Rochester, NY
Jim AA2QA

Mighty Macho Morse Man?


Nope, just reality. W2OY learned that lesson the hard way )

I really don't care one way or the other about code - but most folks have no
idea how much information can be passed via that keyer. In my day, I'd pass
dang near as much info in a given time as a teletype. Assuming, of course,
the teletype operator could type that fast or was using an automatic
send/receive teletype (with tape reader where the tape could be typed in
advance of sending it).

A lot of folks can't even type 40 or 50 words per minute.


73 from Rochester, NY
Jim AA2QA

"Jim Hampton" wrote in message
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I really don't care one way or the other about code - but most folks have
no
idea how much information can be passed via that keyer. In my day, I'd
pass
dang near as much info in a given time as a teletype.
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Oh how the tales of dariing do and "how great I am" grow
taller and taller and more spectacular, as the years go by
and more alcohol is ingested..........ROTFLMAO!

"6H4Ballast" wrote in message
That's fine by me as just 20% of hams who use HF
also use CW on a regular basis.

"20% of hams", or "20% of hams who responded to a particular survey"?

Now if you ran that same survey by a group of QRP homebrewers, the result
would be closer to 100%.

Statistics is a powerful tool only if care is taken in how the sample
population is chosen. But remember, the results only apply to that *sample*,
not an *entire* population (unless sample = entire, which is quite rare).

73, Jeff KH6O


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Chief Petty Officer, U.S. Coast Guard
Mathematics Lecturer, University of Hawaii System