Sunday, August 8, 2010
Pathetic Old-Tech Geezers vs. Amazing Hi-Tech Wonderkins
Here is a video showing pathetic, slow old Ham Radio guys still limping along with 170-year-old Morse Code technology vs. speedy modern kids with amazing text messaging technology... off to the races... place your bets... click on this blue link, then download the race:
Technology1.wmv
or click on the Tou Tube link:
Wonderkins please note: There is a high volume of Ham Radio traffic from the International Space Station between astronauts and School-Age Kids Using Ham Radio....
Hams regularly converse at lightning speeds with friends and strangers around the world using Morse Code via home-built, credit-card-sized or smaller radios, with zero air-time charges.
Imagine that...
Telegrapher using Morse Code in the White House telegraph room during the Lincoln era.
Actual size
IN3 DC-RX (One-Cubic-Inch Direct-Conversion Receiver) built into an Altoid Tin
by Monty Northrup, N5ESE
http://www.io.com/~n5fc/
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