On 5 Nov 2002 at 10:27, tgstewart@pepco.com wrote:
> I dont agree that we are losing newbies directly because of CW speed.
> There is just less interest and incentive in learning the code to start
> with....it has no more commercial/military viability.
Hmmm...when I learned the code, and 8 months later, when I passed the
20 wpm Extra code test, I didn't do it because of any commercial or
military viability. I just wanted my ham ticket. That was incentive
enough. And I had no desire to operate code at that time...it was
only after I had gained a reasonable degree of proficiency that I
began to enjoy using CW and started using it as a matter of choice.
> You have to want to do it for JUST for fun and games now, which isnt
> enough incentive for most to become literate, let alone highly
> proficient.
It's the best incentive...but I'm odd anyway...I took the CPA exam
more as a personal challenge than for the potential income benefit...
73 de Lee
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Lee Hiers, AA4GA
Cornelia, Georgia
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