[Elecraft] More Clarifications on the Tonight Show - from K6CTW

[Tom McCulloch]

Ken,
 Cool, really, really cool!  Great job.

Those guys text messaging mentioned that they set the record by sending 
about 160 characters in just under a minute.  That comes to about 32 wpm, 
not counting wherever it goes to get relayed around.

Here is site that has a file of the segment...forwarded to me by Jeff WB5GWB 
in our local group.

Thanks agn.

Tom WB2QDG

K2 1103
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Miller, K6CTW" <k6ctw at earthlink.net>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 1:14 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] More Clarifications on the Tonight Show - from K6CTW


> *A few more points for clarification: When my XYL, Connie, originally 
> answered the call, at my home, from the producers of the show, she 
> explained that I operated both codes and that I considered myself to be a 
> good but not exceptional operator. However, she is the one who "sold" the 
> producers that the skit could work. She also did a VERY credible job of 
> explaining Morse telegraphy and the radio code and its uses. (You all 
> might think to send her a thanks too as without her, this would never have 
> happened cjcarroll2 at earthlink.net ) When they contacted me later that 
> afternoon, I explained that my wife was correct, I am a competent CW and 
> Morse operator. Your point is interesting in that they did try and get the 
> fastest text messengers they could fly in. I did however explain that if 
> the Tonight Show folks had been able to get the equivalent world record 
> holder in CW to do this, it would have been at almost TRIPLE the speed we 
> were going at. The reason, as I have explained before, that we worked at 
> about 28 or so wpm is that this is the fastest speed that I can make nice 
> readable copy with a pencil as they did not have the ability to let me use 
> a typewriter for copy (and I thought they were going to do a camera shot 
> of my copy for verification). Also, since we did not have the time to set 
> up headphones, I just added some extra volume for me, had the stage folks 
> cut my mike (to prevent feedback and overload) and copied off of the 
> speaker. To re-emphasize the point, I'm just an average CW op who 
> occasionally operates the CW SS QRP, whith my K2 of course, and really 
> enjoys CW, and traffic handling. By the way, the radios used were Chip's 
> not from Yaesu and the backup radios were from HRO. 73, Ken, K6CTW *
>
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