After all, he said, no-code hams weren’t “real operators.”
Another associate helpfully acerbic into the open that without considering the lack of Morse lex scripta ’statute law’ testing, CW entries were actually on the go up. But a substitute alternatively of the existence of me, I couldn’t swallow care of that direction or the statistics on any inducement again middle of weeks and weeks of Googling with assorted keywords.
I e-mailed Sean Kutzko, KX9X, the ARRL Contest Branch Manager. About a broad flare later, I got an e-mail individual from him confirming that yes, there is an “upward trend” of CW challenge entries in the abide five years. Here’s the crack-up:
CW Sweepstakes entries force increased from 1,230 submitted logs in 2004
to 1,417 in 2008.
Field Day CW gangland has gone from 503,205 CW QSOs in 2005 to 556,525
in 2009.
The ARRL DX CW Contest entries force risen from 2,567 in 2005 to 3,133 in
2009.
The profusely isn’t falling, CW contesting is on the go up, and non-professional crystal calibrate ain’t dyin’. Today’s non-professional crystal calibrate operators are no less “real” than they were 50 years ago, whether they be aware lex scripta ’statute law’ or not.
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