BIGUN 1,489 #1 February 20, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhsSgcsTMd4Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrwrong 0 #2 February 20, 2009 That was pretty COOL “The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.” - George Bernard Shaw He who dies with the most toys, wins..... dudeist skydiver # 19515 Buy quality and cry once! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,489 #3 February 20, 2009 Imagine how fast Morse code would be if they used the SMS abbreviated word list. Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #4 February 20, 2009 Quote Imagine how fast Morse code would be if they used the SMS abbreviated word list. You think hams never thought about abbreviations???http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosigns_for_Morse_Code http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_code"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,489 #5 February 20, 2009 Yes, I knew that... what I said was... Quoteused the SMS abbreviated word listNobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #6 February 20, 2009 Quote Imagine how fast Morse code would be if they used the SMS abbreviated word list. Imagine how screwed up the SMS guys would have been if they had not been given words but rather five letter code blocks like; alsfd eoids oomvs osfew bmosf cmisw sogms sofng That is how you really test Morse code speed.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,489 #7 February 20, 2009 -- .- -.-- -... . / .-- . / ... .... --- ..- .-.. -.. / ... - .- .-. - / ... .- -.-- .. -. --. / . ...- . .-. -.-- - .... .. -. --. / --- -. / .... . .-. . / .. -. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. .Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,489 #8 February 20, 2009 Now, ya gots me wondering if binary can find its roots in morse code?Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
klafollette 0 #9 February 20, 2009 Wow, that was smokin. In my best geeky teenage days, I could do abt 35 words per minute in Morse code. Had my Bencher iambic paddle keyer tuned like a fine racing machine. But that was 25 years ago, now I could barely make out a letter here and there of what he was keying. 73's KD9DB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #10 February 20, 2009 QuoteNow, ya gots me wondering if binary can find its roots in morse code? Pretty sure it's the other way 'round. Morse's genius was the realization that it was simply more efficient to represent letters that are more often used with fewer elements. For instance, since "e" is the most used letter in the English language it gets the absolute shortest element of all ".".quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dumpster 0 #11 February 20, 2009 I think the best I could copy was about 20 wpm - I could send alot faster than that - (I used a Bencher also-) Drifted away from it about the same time I started jumping - Go figure! 73 de KB2NYA Easy Does It Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,489 #12 February 20, 2009 QuoteQuoteNow, ya gots me wondering if binary can find its roots in morse code? Pretty sure it's the other way 'round. Morse's genius was the realization that it was simply more efficient to represent letters that are more often used with fewer elements. For instance, since "e" is the most used letter in the English language it gets the absolute shortest element of all ".". Have you ever seen this? http://www.learnmorsecode.com/ I was always a stumble bum with MC back in the day, but we had one guy that was so fast with that double thingy that you would just stand there in awe.Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,489 #13 February 21, 2009 If my reply sounded "snippyish" I apologize. Not sure my presentation was as intended for the content. KeithNobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pokerstar 0 #14 February 21, 2009 Those guys are pretty darn fast! I was never any good with CW, but I am starting to relearn as i study for my General. (even though it isnt required any more, it's kind of fun to do contesting in CW)Fortunately, I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, drug, uh, regimen to keep my mind, you know, uh, limber. --- The Dude --- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
