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.
Correct, it was on Leno.
And of course Morse can be done on every physical layer from a lighting circuit to microwaves bounced off the moon, whereas text messaging is only possible as long as you’re within range of a base station and all needed man-made infrastructure is in place and working.
But even when it is, it’s still slower because the Morse message is received in real time whereas texting is packet based and nothing even starts to be transmitted until the entire message has been entered.
A good cw operator can do 60 wpm and at the same time carry on a conversation with someone setting beside them.
My absolute limit is 20 wpm that I had to do to gain my extra class license.
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I find that incredibly hard to believe. For starters, an “O” is three long dashes. By the time you are done with those, a good texter could type a word while the morse operator has produced one letter.
During my 1950s USN days, one radio guy showed me a WWII gadget that they were still using to send Morse Code. It looked like a regular telegraph key but had a long arm that would rapidly vibrate every time the guy hit the key. They were so trained that they could bang out the dits and dahs in seconds. Another deal he said they used was to copy the code to a phonograph record and then speed up the rotation when broadcasting so the whole message just took seconds. The receiving station would record it and slow their record player down.
Our radio guys drove us nuts as they wouldn't talk regular at chow time - just sit there and talk to each other in dits and dahs. When they'd REALLY get ticked off, they'd yell "THREE DITS, FOUR DITS, TWO DITS, DAH!" and think it a knee-slapper.
Look it up. :-)