On Mar 28, 7:21 am, "Jeff" wrote:

Indeed, compare it with "text communication via radio" not with sending
Morse across a table. Try the same test, but sending a message to ZL or VK
,
I am sure that the SMS message would win.

That's not guaranteed at all.

The text message would have
arrived long before the band opened and you tuned up your antenna.

You're assuming the band isn't open and the antenna needs tuning. That
changes the conditions of the test.

If the path from A to B is already set up and working, the Morse Code
speed advantage may be even greater than it was on the Jay Leno show,
because it only takes a fraction of a second for the direct radio
signal to reach the Antipodes, but the text message will be relayed
many times to go the same distance.

KB9X, in another post, makes a valid comparison between riding on a
jet airliner and piloting your own sailboat. Are sailboats "obsolete"
because they're slower?

73 de Jim, N2EY

Indeed, compare it with "text communication via radio" not with sending
Morse across a table. Try the same test, but sending a message to ZL or VK
,
I am sure that the SMS message would win.

That's not guaranteed at all.

The text message would have
arrived long before the band opened and you tuned up your antenna.

You're assuming the band isn't open and the antenna needs tuning. That
changes the conditions of the test.

If the path from A to B is already set up and working, the Morse Code
speed advantage may be even greater than it was on the Jay Leno show,
because it only takes a fraction of a second for the direct radio
signal to reach the Antipodes, but the text message will be relayed
many times to go the same distance.

KB9X, in another post, makes a valid comparison between riding on a
jet airliner and piloting your own sailboat. Are sailboats "obsolete"
because they're slower?


The test made an interesting piece of tv, but nothing more than that. All it
proved is that mobile phones have a slower and clumsier way of inputting
text than a proficient cw operator.

Jeff