So, Google renames a 176 year old technology - in current world-wide use - and claims it as their invention? Priceless. Check out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KhZKNZO8mQ&feature=player_embedded Note Google's tag line in the video: *A classic technology. Reinvented.* Currently, attempts to download the app results in the message: /Oops! Gmail Tap is a bit too popular right now. We suggest you try downloading it again on April 2nd/. I have received multiple email messages from Hams providing the link sent by Brian. The overload probably comes from Hams and other radio operators. If GMail Tap catches on, a whole lot of people are going to learn Morse Code. We use it to communicate by audio - the Gmail Tap learners will be reading it. Would it be fair to call Gmail Tap a modification of Morse's paper tape? Or a reinvention of Cooke & Wheatstone's printing telegraph? Interface this app with a radio (Bluetooth) and you could send CW with a smart phone. *Now, the magic questions:* Did the ARRL have any idea this app was in development? Why didn't we think of it first? How can we use it to advance AR? 73 *-----------------------------------------------------* ** John Robert Stratton N5AUS West Gulf Division Vice Director West Gulf Division Legislative Action Chair Office telephone: 512-445-6262 Cell: 512-426-2028 PO Box 2232 Austin, Texas 78768-2232 *-----------------------------------------------------* On 4/1/12 9:51 AM, James F. Boehner MD wrote:
Yep, and just received the following non-decoded message on my gmail account:
.- .--. .-. .. .-.. ..-. --- --- .-..
It's about time!
J
'73 de JIM N2ZZ
ARRL Vice Director
Roanoke Division
*ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio^(TM)***
*From:*arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] *On Behalf Of *Brian Mileshosky *Sent:* Sunday, April 01, 2012 10:27 AM *To:* arrl-odv *Subject:* [arrl-odv:20668] Google Tap and Ham Radio
Google is revolutionizing something near and dear to ham radio operators' hearts. Check this out:
https://mail.google.com/mail/help/promos/tap/index.html
It's initial release is being offered for a limited time, so snag it while you can if interested.
73,
Brian N5ZGT
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