[NJARC] Morse -vs- Cell Phone Text Messaging contest

[Goulart, Stephen F (Steve), ALABS]

John,
FYI
Morse code trumps SMS in head-to-head speed texting combat
Posted May 6, 2005, 1:45 PM ET by Barb Dybwad
Related entries: Cellphones

 

Okay, the world title for fastest text messaging is still raging in the
streets. The victor in the most recent contest was a bit of a dark horse
- 93-year-old telegraph operator Gordon Hill delivered a resounding
ass-whoopin' to his rival, 13-year-old Brittany Devlin, using Morse
Code. Of course, Mr. Hill does have nigh on 80 years of practice under
his belt, which was enough to help him triumph even despite Brittany's
liberal use of texting slang (Mr. Hill transmitted the chosen phrase
verbatim). The showdown was sponsored by the Powerhouse Museum in
Sydney, Australia, and the rivals had to transmit the following message:
"Hey, girlfriend, you can text all your best pals to tell them where you
are going and what you are wearing." Damn straight! Screw the T9,
Engadget's switching over to Morse from now on.




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I heard this on the net - 73, John Dilks, K2TQN

Tonight, Friday May 13th, the Tonight Show will feature a message 
sending/receiving contest between a cell phone text messaging team  and
a 
Morse code team.

The Morse code team will consist of Chip Margelli, K7JA and Ken Miller, 
K6CTW. The Tonight Show people called the store yesterday to see if we 
could come up with two fast Morse operators. Chip and Ken does a lot of 
contests and DXpeditions. Joe Drago, props manager for the show is
KF6OCP.  

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