[green iguana]

tell me how efficient CW is compared the other modes. Hell, how about SSB

I don't believe that was the point, which seemed to be that the allocation of the bandwidth to ham radio is inefficient, meaning there are better uses for the bandwidth. That's what I took anyway. BTW, what does CW stand for?

[calex59]

BTW, what does CW stand for?

Continuous wave

[thecabal]

I don't believe that was the point, which seemed to be that the allocation of the bandwidth to ham radio is inefficient, meaning there are better uses for the bandwidth. That's what I took anyway. BTW, what does CW stand for?

Perhaps if you look at it strictly on the theory of "how can it benefit me now". However, there have been many EEs that probably got into their career because of ham radio. If we killed ham radio, I think we would have less people getting into EE and RF engineering. Of course, that's just a theory of mine and may be worth nothing. Of course, I have a vested interest in seeing hams keep their allocations. :)

CW stands for Continuous Wave. It's another name for Morse Code. It is one of the most efficent uses of RF bandwidth you can find.

[OldMagazine]

CW= "Continuous Wave" It usually means Morse code where an unmodulated carrier is switched on and off.
It takes very little bandwidth, the equipment is simple and fairly reliable but not high speed.
Did you see the "Independence Day" movie?