Walt DuBose writes: > How can 1200 baud = 1320 WPM? In the case of AX.25 baud=bps since a > mark-space=one bit. > > An 8 bit ASCII character with start and stop bits would be 10 bps so 1200 > bps=120 CPS. > > If a word is 6 characters, then 120 CPS = 20 WPM which we know is too slow.
(120 chars/sec) / (6 chars/word) = 20 words / second (not per minute) 20 x 60 = 1200 words/minute. Besides, while I don't know a lot about AX.25, I'm pretty sure that X.25, from which AX.25 is derived, is synchronous (no start or stop bits). -- 73 DE KW6H (ex-AE6VW) Chris Jewell Gualala CA USA
