So is 1200 baud = 1200 bps and 1200 bps (1200 / 8) = 120 cps? If so then 120 cps (120 / 6) = 20 wps X 60 sec. or 1200 WPM.
That's over 1.5 pages per minute. (Page = 72-76 characters X 60 - 66 lines per page.) Walt/K5YFW Chris Jewell wrote: > 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). >
