Fw: [KL7AA] Cell phone text msg vs Morse Code or is it "apples and oranges"

[Frank Hurlbut KL7FH]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Hurlbut KL7FH" <kl7fh at gci.net>
To: <dan at obarr.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [KL7AA] Cell phone text msg vs Morse Code or is it "apples and 
oranges"


> Dan!
> I found myself in a very strange situation this morning while reading your 
> e-mail.
> I am pretty darn sure you missed the point of the event on Leno's show. 
> Maybe
> you should change your e-mail password. I think your grandkids are posting 
> for you and
> they could be embarrasing.
>    Also, $14 USD could buy a couple of CW op's a beer. I would think if it 
> was a distance
> challenge, Jay could have spoken the message 20ft while drinking his beer.
>    Finally, to put a LID on the subject..I know you must be in jest....
> 73
>
>
> Frank KL7FH
> 432 EME
> 16X12 ele polarity rotation
> FT-847 100 Watts
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>
> http://www.qsl.net/kl7fh
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dan O'Barr" <dan at obarr.net>
> To: "AARC KL7AA" <kl7aa at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 10:22 PM
> Subject: [KL7AA] Cell phone text msg vs Morse Code or is it "apples and 
> oranges"
>
>
>>
>> I found myself in a very strange situation last night.  I was actually 
>> cheering
>> for Morse code.  Then the thought hit me.  My grandkids could have 
>> delivered
>> the same message by FRS walkie-talkies 10 times faster than Morse code.
>> ]
>> Let's see $14 for a pair of FRS walkie-talkies VS a pair of Yaesu 
>> FT-817s,
>> paddles, internal batteries, and after market rubber duckies.  I bet 
>> those
>> Morse code guys spent $1400 to send a wireless message 20 feet.
>>
>> Oops, BD slipped out,
>> 73 & sorry, Dan KL7DR
>>
>> ==================================================
>>
>> --- Mike Wood <mike.wood at acsalaska.net> wrote:
>> From: "Mike Wood" <mike.wood at acsalaska.net>
>> To: "KL7AA Mail list" <kl7aa at mailman.qth.net>
>> Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 21:12:42 -0800
>> Subject: [KL7AA] Fw: [pr:5135]  Cell vs Morse Code, video clip
>>
>>
>> Mike
>> AL2N
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Pete Kemp" <radioguy at tampabay.rr.com>
>> To: "pr list" <pr at reflector.arrl.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 7:17 AM
>> Subject: [pr:5135] Cell vs Morse Code, video clip
>>
>>
>> For those who may have missed the TV show, a friend has made the video
>> segment of the Cell Phone Vs Morse Code technology clip.available via the
>> Internet.  If the links don't come through the list, check out:
>> http://www.ku3o.net
>> 73,
>> Pete, KZ1Z
>> PIC - WCF
>> -------------------------------------------
>>
>> Morse Code vs Text Messaging
>>
>> Which technology do you think is faster?  The following video clips are
>> from the Tonight Show which aired on Friday evening, May 13th, 2005. It
>> features a message sending/receiving contest between a cell phone text
>> messaging team and a team of morse code operators. The morse code team is
>> composed of Chip Margelli, K7JA and Ken Miller, K6CTW.
>> There are two video files below, both are identical except one is encoded
>> for RealPlayer and one for Windows Media Player. The RealPlayer file is
>> only slightly larger but seems to be quite a bit better video quality for
>> the incremental size. If you have RealPlayer, choose the first file
>> (".rm"), otherwise, choose the second file (".wmv").
>>
>> For the best performance, right click on the link that you want and pick
>> "Save Target As..." and save it to your local hard drive.
>>
>> <http://www.ku3o.net/Morse_Competition.rm>Morse_Competition.rm (12.4MB)
>>
>> <http://www.ku3o.net/Morse_Competition.wmv>Morse_Competition.wmv (9.7 MB)
>>
>> Enjoy!
>>
>> George - Ku3o
>>
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