Correct there was Brian, telephone texting vs. good old CW. Wonder how it
would have come out if it had been good old CW against good old 100 wpm
narrow shift RTTY? How about PSK 31 or any of the other digital modes in
use today by hams?
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.
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