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WPM to BPS calculation
Paul Schleck posted on 24 Mar 08:
AF6AY writes: According to this recent demonstration on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhsSgcsTMd4 Ahem...quibble mode on...that little bit on the Tonight Show was a 'setup' gig that employed two young local male actors as the (described) "text messaging experts" but the two hams (one of which would very soon become marketing director for Heil Sound) were real. That is the input I got directly from a reliable staffer on the Tonight Show. Took a few phone calls to get that information but it is an advantage of living inside the entertainment capital of the USA (aka Los Angeles, CA)...and the NBC western Hq is only about 5 miles south of my place, down Hollywood Way to Alameda and then east about a mile. That whole bit was really a send-up on the popular fad of text messaging done by teeners and young adults. That bit is about as 'real documentary' as Leno's send-ups on the 'street interviews' with ordinary (apparently clueless) younger folk on various kinds of knowledge. In short, ONLY for gag purposes. Sorry, but I've got to call baloney on this one. The individual who appeared on the Tonight Show who sent the text message was actually Ben Cook, and not an actor. Ben held the world's record for fastest text messaging: If you say so, then it is so. All I've got are some acquaintences IN the entertainment industry who work behind the camera...plus five professional actors (who don't count in this particular discussion). That 'recent demonstration' was over a year ago, was it not? "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" is an entertainment vehicle. It is not a documentary source of absolute facts. All such 'talk' shows are convenience outlets for Public Relations in this capital of motion picture and television production of the USA. MOST of the movie and TV production in this city lives or dies by PR. If I had become persuasive in my inquiry I MIGHT have gotten at least a Call Sheet for the 'Leno show' in question. Usually those are (by common agreement) Non-Disclosure documents. I could have then digitized that Call Sheet and sent it privately as 'evidence.' I did not think that such was necessary in this case. The two Morse code operators, Chip Margelli, K7JA, and Ken Miller, K6CTW, have attested to this being an actual contest with an actual, previously unknown, message to send, which was sent both by Morse code, and by text messaging. And there's no disputing that fast Morse code would always beat an SMS text message of the same length. I have corresponded with Mr. Margelli in his new position as Director of Marketing for Heil Sound...about Heil products, not about this alleged 'test' or 'contest' on the 'Leno show.' I have NO complaints about Mr. Margelli's nor Mr. Miller's capabilities with manual morse code communications. I only have complaints about this entertainment gig being used as 'factual demonstration' of any comparison of manual morse code versus any other mode. I haven't used a Teletype Model 28 machine in many years...but I could challenge ANY manual morse code operator pair to send either clear text or enciphered (5-character groups) textual data as to which method is 'faster' (TTY v. manual morse). I would not need a recipient on-stage since another TTY terminal would repeat all input sent by the transmitting terminal. The only problem there is that it ALSO is a 'set-up' kind of 'test' (any touch-typist on a TTY would 'win') and has very little entertainment value. The latter item would cause its non-appearance on 'the Leno show.' I am a touch typist who learned that in middle school on manual typewriters with no legends on key tops. I am age 75 and still retain the ability to continuously 'send' keyboard input at about 50 WPM with burst-input rates approximately 100 WPM. Two named witnesses would appear to trump one anonymous source. Therefore, your anonymous "reliable staffer" seems anything but. I cannot argue your statements or 'baloney' comments in this venue. My original source is now working for another show. No more access to Tonight show records is possible. If you or any other morse code mode champion say it was a 'real test,' then it must be a real test. As to the efficacy claim that manual morse code communications beats cellular telephone textual-only (by keypad) communications, I do not know of a single communications service or provider that uses 'text' (via cellphone) for two-way communications. Of what point was this entertainment venue 'test' actually proving? AF6AY |
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