Not so fast, Jim... Actually there was a video from a TV show recently where a ham sending a message via CW got a message through FASTER than a digityal message sent by more modern technical means. I am sure many of us saw that.
It was shown on a national televised show. It made me VERY proud of our wonderful Samuel "F.B." Morse and his simple code that has so enriched the lives of countless ten thousands of hams! Yes, morse code won the speed test, and this was within the last year or two! > Prior to the 1980s code was the preferred method of emergency > communications > because of reliability. Today that is fluid. There are much faster ways > to > communicating written messages and instructions now in use. ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected]
