So my estimate of 30 was only off by 3.68 WPM. I'll concede that I was
off by 10%. :-)
Joe M.
> Micheal Salem wrote:
>
> 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: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Morse Code Contest on JAY LENO
> >
> >
> >
> >> It 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:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
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