[Boatanchors] Re CW Speed, Did You Miss This Post?

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

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Re morse code receiving speeds:

According to this page:
<http://www.natradioco.com/rdey/keys2.htm>

Theodore (Ted) Roosevelt McElroy holds the current record for Morse Code
receiving speed -  75.2 WPM.

This text from the above link:

  "McElroy was a master of Morse code and promoted telegraphy most of
his life. He could type over 150 WPM before graduating grade-school. By
age 15, McElroy was a leading telegrapher (Wirechief) for Western Union.
In 1922, he won the world championship in Asheville, NC by copying code
at 56.5 WPM. That record was beaten in 1934. So, he went back the
following year (1935) and beat the world record again. On July 2, 1939,
McElroy broke the world record code speed at 75.2 WPM, which remains
unsurpassed today. T. R. McElroy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and
died in 1963."



Dave Ross    N7EPI    (5WPM at best...)
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