High speed Morse telegraphy using a straight key [video] (2011)

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I really have no sense of the speed or accuracy of what he&#x27;s doing. If we assume he started that page right when the video started it works out to 168 characters per minute. That sounds like a lot; is that good?

Morse code, or CW, is very alive and well [1].<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;longislandcwclub.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;longislandcwclub.org&#x2F;</a>

Great demonstration of skill from someone who&#x27;s used it for thousands of hours. Impressive.

This goes remarkably well with a second browser tab opened to Dick Dale playing Misirlou.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=mKpsuGMeqHI" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=mKpsuGMeqHI</a>

The telegraph network was the true origin of the internet.

The precision of his timing is amazing.<p>It certainly gives another meaning to the phrase &quot;bit-banging a serial port&quot;!

ah shit, it&#x27;s not even plugged in.