Modern technology renders everything else obsolete only if power is available... In the recent past we had a major power outage in the northeast...EVERYTHING was out, the radio and TV stations, the cell phones, the cable, the Internet, the land line telephones, even our repeaters, rendering my HT just about useless...Everything was out for 22 hours!!!...My land line telephone lasted for a few hours, then went out for the duration...
IMHO, the CW testing issue is a "one foot in the door", or, "give them an inch and they will take a mile" issue...Once testing is out of the picture, CW will become a little more insignificant to the Commission, and the next logical step is to expand the phone bands at the expense of CW...True, CW is permitted everywhere, but has anyone ever tried to call a CW CQ in the phone bands?...
In my mind, this IS an issue that is relevant on this reflector, the K1's and KX1's are CW rigs, and probably half the K-2's are dedicated to CW...Folks who are CW only need to be alerted...What better place than on the reflector?...
Jerry, wa2dkg
K2 # 2549
KX1 # 839
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