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To: samtheman

It has to be. Morse code is a lot slower than a qwerty keyboard.

Interesting though, qwerty was designed to slow typing down so the old mechanical typewriters would not jam.


10 posted on 04/01/2012 2:44:20 PM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: cuban leaf
It has to be. Morse code is a lot slower than a qwerty keyboard.

Interesting.

On a side note, I think it was Jay Leno who had the worlds fastest texters VS Morse code ham operators, and all sent the same message.

The Morse code hams won the speed contest.

12 posted on 04/01/2012 2:56:04 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: cuban leaf

I know I can type 100 words a minute. I remember reading that 35 wpm is high speed for a morse code operator.

But that’s with a standard keyboard, sitting at a computer. On an iPhone I’m not very fast at all, and I have to look at what I’m typing (unlike on the keyboard which I can look away from and even hold a short conversation while continuing to type, depending on what I’m typing about).

So for iPhone users, taking notes on the fly, maybe morse code is faster.


13 posted on 04/01/2012 2:58:23 PM PDT by samtheman
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To: cuban leaf

Actually - not true -when it is a thumb-sized keyboard! There was a competition between two ham operators and someone texting... the Hams won!


18 posted on 04/01/2012 3:07:17 PM PDT by fremont_steve
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