3 Dec
2010
3 Dec
'10
10:11 p.m.
mikea wrote:
Faster and doesn't require infrastructure (other than possibly electrical power). Those hams were throttled _way_ back, too, to about 21 words per minute; I frequently hear Morse at speeds up to about 50 wpm in the ham bands.
In '56 ( I was 13 yrs old...got my General at 11), I handled traffic on PAN (Pacific Area Net) at around 30 wpm with a bug and a stick, stick being a pencil. Bug here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHz2rEiFnfw&feature=related --Michael (ex K6IYC)