"Dale Parfitt" wrote in message
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"KC8GXW" wrote in message
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KC8GXW wrote:

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All of this comes down to one thing, CW beat the TEXT guys. Whatever is
faster or slower, the rabbit or the hare, it's all redundant. There has
been three such test that I've heard of and in all three CW won. Maybe
the text lagged by 10 seconds, maybe K6CTW filled in the last 2 words.
The bottom line is that it was a race and CW won!

(2) Yaesu FT-817's $1178.45
(2) Telegrapher uniforms $ 156.99
The look on the text guys face Priceless


Let me say right off- CW is my favorite and almost only mode. With that
said
this contest (which I enjoyed watching) was more about the data entry
system
than it was the mode. Given large ergonomic keyboards I believe the touch
typist could beat my paddle handily.

W4OP


I agree that a good touch typist on a proper keyboard could beat either one
but what this exercise demonstrated is that just because something is old
doesn't mean it is obsolete and just because something is new doesn't mean
it is the end all and be all.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE