On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Steve Ellington<[email protected]> wrote:
> Typical. He's got the speed set for 60 wpm but leaving huge gaps between > characters so he's really going about 35 WPM. I doubt if anyone can actually > send 60 wpm for any length of time on a paddle. Sending at true 60 WPM levels is definitely World Class territory. The following have been converted into equivalent WPM from CPM (characters per minute) at the 2007 High Speed Telegraphy championship in Belgrade, Serbia: Category Letters Numbers Mixed (WPM) Top Male 62 84 61 Top Female 64 77 63 60 groups of 5 random characters (letters, numbers or mixed) are sent per test, so the test lasts ~60 seconds at 60 WPM for letters. Most competitors use single-lever paddles, most are home brew and they rosin their hands beforehand just like gymnasts. If you browse the photos below, you'll see a lot of very young kids! The old East Block countries have no shortage of young CW ops coming along...too bad we can't say the same. http://picasaweb.google.com/hstwch2007/ 73, Bill W4ZV ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
