[rollei_list] Re: Western Union
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:39:38 -0700
Don
HTF can a person set a Morse sending record by looking at a tape?
To get my ham license, I had to operate a "bug" and listen to a
recording as it was played.
Jerry
Don Williams wrote:
> At 08:52 AM 4/15/2006 -0700, Cidk wrote:
>
>> > Anyone hear of Ted McElroy?
>> >
>>
>> Yup, He was the world's champion Morse operator, except it was
>> continental code rather than wire Morse. McElroy worked for RCA
>> Communications at their Boston (Cape Cod) radio station. I've
>> forgotten what the record was but something on the order of 70 words
>> per minute.
>
>
> I vaguely recall that he set that record while looking at a tape, not
> by listening to the code.
>
>
> Don Williams
> La Jolla, CA
>
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