Roy Witt -> Ed Hulett wrote:

 RW> 19 Aug 08 19:35, Ed Hulett wrote to Roy Witt:

 MG>>>>>> licensed Ham radio operator and cell phones use
the same sound
 MG>>>>>> waves that Hams do/did (do Hams still exist?)

 SD>>>>> IIRC, there's about 600,000 licensed hams in the US alone. :)

 MG>>>> I'm glad to hear that. Daddy tried to teach me morse code so I
 MG>>>> could get licensed too, but the only thing that stuck
was ...---...
 MG>>>> (or was that
 MG>>>> ---...---?) :)

 RW>>> SOS and OSO, respectively. I'm a HAM too. K6RXT (Advanced
 RW>>> License)...my 'elmer' was K6XT and could carry on a conversation
 RW>>> with you in person and also carry on another conversation at 30wpm,
 RW>>> pounding the brass key.

 EH>> At one of our local radio club (Radio Club of Tacoma) meeting we had
 EH>> a gentleman who held the record at 77WPM. He could carry on a verbal
 EH>> conversation and 3 CW QSOs at the same time. He used CW typewriters
 EH>> to copy CW with.

 RW> I imagine that Art could do that too. He didn't need anything to write it
 RW> down, though. Everything happened in his head.

This guy kept every one of his QSOs in a filing cabinet.

Ed

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