CQ-Contest
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [CQ-Contest] Guinness World Recordsrecognizeshigh-speedtelegraphy ac

To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Guinness World Recordsrecognizeshigh-speedtelegraphy achievement
From: "DF3KV" <df3kv@aol.com>
Reply-to: DF3KV <df3kv@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 02:11:42 +0100
List-post: <mailto:cq-contest@contesting.com>
----- Original Message -----
From: "R. Kline" <k7nj@zahav.net.il>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 11:59 PM
Subject: RE: [CQ-Contest] Guinness World Records
recognizeshigh-speedtelegraphy achievement


> hmmmmmmm......
> If I remember correctly (?), there are, on the average about 5
characters to
> a word in plain text.  So, 216 characters per minute would be about
43 words
> per minute.  That is a very respectable speed, but surely some high
speed CW
> operators are faster than that. Am I missing something here????

yes, probably you missed it has to be written down.
Pileup operation is something else, those superfast competitors do
them up to +140wpm with the "Rufz" simulation

73
Peter

_______________________________________________
CQ-Contest mailing list
CQ-Contest@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>