Roy Witt -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:

 RW> 19 Aug 08 08:50, Mimi Gallandt wrote to Sean Dennis:

 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 could
 MG>> get licensed too, but the only thing that stuck was ...---... (or was
 MG>> that
 MG>> ---...---?) :)

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

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

Ed

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