I am not sure about this and I am at the office and do not have the formula for wpm (but I think it is continuous dots anyway), but the text messager (Ben Cook) said that he could send 160 characters in 57 seconds ("very quick"). That would be over 30 wpm at 5 characters per word. (Roughly 160/5 x 60/57 = 33.68 wpm) The phrase that was sent was about 39 characters (I didn't count a period at the end, but I thought I heard one). That would be about 8 words (eight words if you count the period). But, according to the time line of the video it took 20 seconds (actually less because they had to turn over the card and look before starting to send. That took maybe 3 seconds, so the time was maybe 17 seconds? That makes their speed about 28.24 wpm (60/17 x 8). Of course, this is a case where split seconds could make words of difference since my only resolution was 1 second on the clock. But it seemed a lot faster to me. I would expect that they would not have done less than 35 wpm to be sure they had a margin of victory. It was a great performance though. Micheal Salem N5MS JOHN MACKEY wrote: it seemed a lot faster than 30 WPM, more like 40 or 45 wpm. I can usually copy bits & pieces from about 15 wpm up to 30 wpm.------ Original Message ------ Received: Sat, 14 May 2005 04:16:21 PM CDT From: Mike Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Morse Code Contest on JAY LENOIt was about 30wpm and the text was "I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance". I have the whole show on VHS... caught the last few of minutes of the local news program, teh station break, and the whole show (just hit record on a 2-hour tape and let it run out). Mike WA6ILQ At 01:29 PM 5/14/05, you wrote: Yahoo! Groups Links
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