On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:54:09 -0500, Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote:
>Do we really think newcomers to ham radio will be interested in
>a CW rig? I doubt it.
I guess Elecraft doesn't count? They've sold thousands of K1s and
KX1s, both of which are CW only. Haven't looked at serial numbers
for K2s lately, but a year ago it was more than 6,000. The base
radio is CW only -- you have to add a SSB board to work phone. And
if you go to the QRP program at Dayton next month, you'll see a lot
of CW-only rigs. Some of those are built and used by new hams. If
you listen sorta high in the CW bands, especially on 40 and 30,
you'll hear them (when they're not getting stepped on by RTTY
contesters who don't listen before they transmit).
And perhaps you haven't done much contesting or DX chasing lately,
where there is still plenty of interest in CW by new hams.
73,
Jim K9YC
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