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.

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

                R\%/itt



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