01 Mar 08 09:18, TOM WALKER wrote to BOB KLAHN:


 BK>> However, CW does work better with automated stations.

 BK>> That and it becomes a pattern. OTOH, I haven't kept up with the
 BK>> ham world for a long time. Used to be all the contest winners
 BK>> were running CW. Today? Who knows.

 TW> Typoicaly operator for operator the CW operator can get more contacts
 TW> then hte SSB or other mode operator.

I disagree...What can be said in just a few words to make the contact,
requires a long session of morse code to relate the same info.

 TW> But5 becasue of the rules seperating the modes of operatio nthe SSB
 TW> operator is only competing against other SSB operateis.

True to a point. OTH, being capable of making more contacts is the name of
the game in contesting. The quality of the contact means nothing.

 BK>> Still a lot of QRP CW stuff out there, though.

 BK>> (QRP- Low Power for the non-hams.)

 TW> And they do quite well becasue CW is easier to get through.
 TW> Although typicaly Hams use FAR more power then necessary to complet
 TW> a contact. Appears to be a Male thing that "Mine is Bigger then
 TW> yours"
 TW> :-)  :-)

If you wish to be successful and not waste a lot of time, more power will
do the trick. Having to pick a QRP signal out of the log jam isn't what
I'd call a great day.

                R\%/itt



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