[Elecraft] CW vs Text Message Contest on NBC's "TonightShow"Friday-- watched it

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Usually I miss these 'events' but I sure saw and heard this one!...I
still can't wipe the smile off my face!! - 73 Bruce.

72/73 - Bruce ve5rc/ve5qrp - QRP-C#1, QRP-L#886, A1 Operator
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-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces+rattray=accesscomm.ca at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces+rattray=accesscomm.ca at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Chuck Mabbott
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 5:20 AM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] CW vs Text Message Contest on NBC's
"TonightShow"Friday-- watched it 


They trounced them!  No suprise but the text messengers seem suprised
what 
140 year old technology can do

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EricJ" <eric_csuf at hotmail.com>
To: "'Art - W6KY'" <art-w6ky at sbcglobal.net>; <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 10:10 PM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] QST: CW vs Text Message Contest on NBC's 
"TonightShow"Friday


> The Guinness World's record for their stock sentence is 57.75 seconds.
> That
> works out to a leisurely 24 wpm. I don't see any contest here as long
as
> Chip can send better than 24 wpm.
>
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