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

[Tom McCulloch]

Oops her is the site that has the file - sorry
Tom

http://www.kkn.net/~n6tv/Text_vs_Morse_Leno_2005_05_13.wmv


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom McCulloch" <thom2 at att.net>
To: "Ken Miller, K6CTW" <k6ctw at earthlink.net>; <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] More Clarifications on the Tonight Show - from K6CTW


> 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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