[CQ-Contest] Guinness World Records recognizeshigh-speedtelegraphy achievement

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From: "R. Kline" <k7nj at zahav.net.il>
To: <cq-contest at 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