107 WPM?? I knew he was fast, but wow.
On a really good day, when I've had lots of sleep, the kids are in
another state, and I'm in the zone (glass of wine helps), I can copy
50 in my head. Don't ask me to write it down, though
107! Sheesh.
Wayne
N6KR
On May 16, 2006, at 8:02 AM, Mike
FWIW: Officially (whatever that means), history records that the Morse
code plain text receiving champion is Ted McElroy, of tape
perforator/keyer and bug fame at 75.?? WPM, counting 5 chars as a word.
(Urban?) legend has it that he was standing as the test began and the
code began blasting
Here's the page and the information about the man
http://www.telegraph-office.com/pages/mcelroy.html
- Original Message -
From: Fred Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Re: Human CW copy
On Tue, 16 May 2006 10:24:47 -0700, Fred Jensen wrote about Ted
McElroy:
(Urban?) legend has it that he was standing as the test began and the
code began blasting forth. He chatted for a minute or two, lighted a
cigarette, and finally sat down at the mill. He pounded out the copy,
and
In a message dated 5/16/06 4:30:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
He took a cigarette out of his pocket, put it in his mouth, took a
pack of matches from another pocket, lit the cigarette, dropped the
matches on the floor, picked them up, and started typing. He
I have a commercial CW license but I used it to service shipboard and
aircraft CW equipment (yes, long ago airliners used CW to keep in touch with
the ground, especially when crossing the oceans). I never stood watches as a
regular CW operator - just the occasional shakedown cruise aboard various
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