[NLRS] ... CW vs Cell Phone

[John (JK) Kalenowsky, K9JK]

Some additional info...

This STARTED in Australia and Leno picked it up. There was also a thread on
the QRZ.COM discussion boards.

See this article:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-2-1571664,00.html (or Google
"Morse Code SMS"). Apparently the 93-year-old 'winner' only had to send at
about 15 wpm to win the race and sent full text whereas the teenager was
using text 'shortcuts' where she could. She sent 91 characters and spaces,
the Morse Code message was 107 characters and spaces (though would count out
at 111 with commas counting as two characters and a trailing period). Having
to enter the text on a numeric keypad was really a handicap.

I wonder if a Blackberry or Treo with their miniaturized but 'full' keyboard
would have done better.

73, JK

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From: "Clare Jarvis" <jarvis at jarviscomputer.com>
To: <NLRS at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 09:09
Subject: [NLRS] Fwd: FW: [La Crosse Hams] CW vs Cell Phone





Thought somebody might be interested.

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Subject: FW: [La Crosse Hams] CW vs Cell Phone
Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 21:29:28 -0500
From: "Shari Jarvis" <sharijarvis at hotmail.com>
To: jarvis at jarviscomputer.com

From: <tom at onestopscrappin.com>

>Reply-To: tom at onestopscrappin.com
>To: <lacrossehams at qth.com>
>Subject: [La Crosse Hams] CW vs Cell Phone Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 20:43:04
>-0500
>
>>From Glen Zook, K9STH:
>
>I just got the following message by E-Mail:
>
>Tomorrow, 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.  Joe Drago, props manager for the show is KF6OCP."
>
>Glen, K9STH
>
>73
>Tom
>KC9ECI
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