I bet you're right, Richard.

Either way, the outcome is in our favor.

Now, if we can convince the FCC to keep reasonable code requirements in the
license testing structure, we'd be all set.

Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

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Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: cw versus txt messaging


> Message-Id:
<20050515192350.KQFB253.ibm63aec.bellsouth.net@[68.212.106.147]>
>
> TOm wrote,
>
>    >I estimate he was probably sending about 25 wpm, but I could be off
>    >on that, and yep, people can send and receive faster than that!
>    >Anyway, it's a great demo, and shows that the newest technology
>    >isn't always the greatest in certain regards.
> I've heard that in other showdowns with this the cw guys have won too
> over this past week.
>
> What amazes a local topnotch cw op and I is they got a coupkle of
> contesters doing this, I'm sure that if there was any doubt at all to
> the outcome had they gotten a couple of crack cw traffic handlers the
> disparity between the two forms of communication for speed and
> accuracy would have been even wider.
>
>
> 73 de nf5b
>
>
>
> Richard Webb
>
> Electric Spider Productions
>                                             "They that can give up
essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> --- Benjamin Franklin, NOvember 1755 from the
> Historical review of Pennsylvania
>
>