[CW] W6BNB's comments to FCC

[Donald Chester]

>
> > Back in the 193O's, the FCC recognized that
> > code is learned at 13 wpm so it increased amateur Morse Code
> > speed tests from 10 to 13 wpm.

Actually, it was proposed to increase it to 12.5 wpm, but the FCC decided 
the calculations for characters per minute for the code tests would be too 
messy, so they upped it to the nice round number of 13.  I recall reading 
that in some old QST's of the era.

Don K4KYV

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