[CW] CW Speed Limit ???

[Danny C Douglas]

By "copy" do you mean getting the gist of the message, or actually putting it on
paper?  Its not true copy, without a paper copy (or on a computer screen for
those who no longer own a typewriter/mill.  I know lots of people who can copy
upwards of 40-50 wpm, but they couldnt remember the last word, let alone the
gist of the message, witout putting it on paper.  I am hard pressed to copy
past 30-35 wpm using a pen or pencil, but can go with the best of them on a
mill.  Have been attempting, lately, to do a bit more "head remembering" but
its hard when you didnt start that way.






Quoting N2EY at aol.com:

> In a message dated 3/7/2005 6:51:47 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Brian Carling"
> <bcarling at cfl.rr.com> writes:
> 
> >On 7 Mar 2005 at 6:32, N2EY at aol.com wrote:
> >    
> >> How many hams can do 36 wpm on fading circuits?
> >
> >That depends on how bad the fading is!!
> >
> >I can copy 36 wpm.  A lot of hams can.
> 
> Me too - under good conditions.
> 
> Under good conditions, the ARRL recommended 5 ms rise/fall times are good to
> 60 wpm.
> 
> If 200 Hz is too narrow, tell BoD and FCC to make it 300 Hz or whatever.
> 
> As K0HB points out, 200 Hz effectively excludes almost all modes except PSK31
> and Morse/CW. Even 170 shift 60 wpm RTTY is too wide.
> 
> >I was in a CW copying contest once at the Cedars of Lebanon 
> >Hamfest
> >in Tennessee. The contest winner copied 57 wpm successfully. 
> >I dropped out after about 42 wpm.
> 
> COOL!
> >
> >There was at least one other individual who beat me...
> >
> One night, some years back, while puttering around the shack I came across
> what I thought was W1AW sending code practice.
> 
> I left it on as background and continued what I was doing. But it took some
> concentration on my part to head-copy what was being sent.
> 
> Then I heard "....END OF 45 WPM DE W1NJM....."
> 
> 73 de Jim, N2EY
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