hollyking | Take that you whippersnappers!

Last Friday on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno a pair of Morse code operators smoked the pants off the current holder of the speed record for sending a text message via SMS. The ARRL has a an article about the event and some more links to explore on their website.

Just another case of newer isn't necessarily better. Not only is Morse code faster it has a much higher reliability. If you lose some of the transmission you can still read the rest of the message. With SMS if you lose part of the transmission you lose the entire message. I'm not saying that we should drop SMS and make everyone start using Morse code. I'm just saying that we should keep the CW only bands to provide a place for people to practice their Morse code skills.