[CQ-Contest] No Contest -- CW vs. txt msg'g

[Joe Subich, K4IK]

> The text messaging guy said he was able to send 160 characters in 
> 57 seconds. By my calculations, that's roughly 33 wpm.  A lot of 
> us can do far better than that!  He's going to have to double his 
> speed if he wants to beat the competition.

Actually, he said he could "type" 160 characters in 57 seconds.  The 
problems with SMS are the difficulty of entering a text message using 
12 keys (multiple keystrokes for each character) and the delays through 
the network.  Network delays become more significant as congestion 
increases. 

K7JA was sending about 30 WPM by my calculation (51 characters in 18 
seconds +/-).  He was not even close to his best speed ... and the SMS 
"typist" was still typing when Chip finished.  
  
73, 

   ... Joe, K4IK