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Re: The scale of streaming video on the Internet.


From: "Michael Painter" <tvhawaii () shaka com>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 12:11:27 -1000

mikea wrote:
Faster and doesn't require infrastructure (other than possibly electrical
power). Those hams were throttled _way_ back, too, to about 21 words per
minute; I frequently hear Morse at speeds up to about 50 wpm in the ham
bands.

In '56 ( I was 13 yrs old...got my General at 11), I handled traffic on PAN (Pacific Area Net) at around 30 wpm with a bug and a stick, stick being a pencil.
Bug here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHz2rEiFnfw&feature=related

--Michael (ex K6IYC)


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