06-26-14 13:13 Roy Witt wrote to Ed Vance about Storage   
      
    RW> @MSGID: <53AC9A3B.636.amtradio@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    RW> Greetings Ed!   
   Howdy! Roy,   
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    EV> As I have been reading this Thread the thought has come to my mind of   
    EV> how many participate in CW Contests?   
      
    RW> I've done that with a DX group. They were Extras, I was a   
    RW> Novice, then a Technician and  finally a General.   
      
   I was asked to keep the Log beside a High Speed CW OT OP the first   
   Field Day I participated in after I got back home from the Navy.   
      
   The Op would ask me, "did You get that?" and I say "sure".   
      
   That went on for a few contacts and when I told him when I was in Navy   
   Radioman School my CW RCVing Speed got up to 26WPM, after I told him   
   that he never ask me anything again except if the station he was   
   calling was a Dupe contact.   
   They gave me a Flip-Top Telephone Index for a Dupe Log, to write the   
   Call Signs down of the Stations we already worked on that frequency,   
   and usually I'd let him know if the Station had already been worked   
   before he'd have the chance to ask me.   
      
   Back when I listened to the W1AW Code Practice audio a few months ago,   
   I found out how rusty I was at copying High Speed CW.   
      
    EV> I'd think that would be a fair way to find out if CW is a lost art or   
    EV> not, don't You think?   
      
    RW> It might help to clean up some of the man-made noisy interfence   
    RW> on the phone bands.   
      
   I'd say have everyone go back to using AM then.    hi   
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