In a message dated 5/14/05 4:05:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> The official text is 160 characters INCLUDING spaces, 136 without. But > SMS requires that spaces be keyed in where Morse does not. So SMS is at a > throughput disadvantage from the beginning. > No it isn't. Morse requires spaces between letters and words, and the spaces are longer than some letters! In the Australian test, btw, the text messagers used abbreviations and the Morse ops used the straight text, yet Morse still won. Don't know if the Leno test allowed text abbreviations - the Morse ops sent the straight text. 73 de Jim, N2EY ....looking for my green eyeshade..... _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
