[ARC5] OT - FCC Will Soon Consolidate Commercial RadiotelegraphCertificates

[Richard Knoppow]

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From: "Richard Knoppow" <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
To: "Mike Morrow" <kk5f at arrl.net>; 
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Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] OT - FCC Will Soon Consolidate 
Commercial RadiotelegraphCertificates


> correspondence for at least 18 months during the previous 
> two years.  Code test requires transmission and reception 
> of at least 30 WPM _code groups_ (I think these are 
> probably reversed) in Continental Morse and 25 WPM in 
> plain language in American Morse.

Correction:  it says 30 WPM code groups and 25 WPM plain 
language for Continental Morse. This is what I think is 
reversed in the book. The 25 WPM plain language American 
Morse is correct.  American Morse was used on the order 
wires to radio stations so land station operators had to 
know both.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
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