[UK-CONTEST] Morse dyslexia Top speed 246 wpm?

[Peter Bowyer]

2009/12/5 Dave Sergeant <dave at davesergeant.com>:
> On 5 Dec 2009 at 16:54, Ken Eastty wrote:
>
>> Can anyone explain how DJ1YFK can manage 246 (two hundred and forty six)
>> wpm? I believe that that's just reading a single callsign, never the
>> less it's still amazing.
>
> Are you not sure it is not cpm (characters per minute) as widely used
> by continental amateurs? 246cpm=49.2wpm (but I guess that is not
> particularly fast...).

No, it's definitely 246wpm. The website talks about how the 1000cpm
barrier has been broken recently.

>
> The problem with RUFZ is that the way it increases speed whenever you
> get it right it very rapidly gets faster than you can copy. I find I
> lose it when it gets to around 45wpm. It would be far better if you
> could set it to a fixed speed a bit faster than your 100% rate and
> leave it there.

That's the difference between training and competition. I find
Morserunner better for training. Rufz is all about high scores.

Peter G4MJS

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