[CW] PARIS vs CODEX (or CODEZ) Code Speeds

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D.J.J. Ring, Jr. schreef op 2018-02-05 03:30:
> PARIS was chosen because the ITU conference was held in (wait for it),
> PARIS.  PARIS was defined as a word having 50 "dot units" or baud.  So
> it became the  speed standard.  10 WPM was the speed that resulted
> when  PARIS was sent 10 times in a minute.  It was the average length
> of a word in English.
> 
> Code  groups are random so their speed is different than English,
> which is "faster" because Morse was designed for English, the common
> letters are short Morse characters, E the most common, T the second
> most common, etc.
> 
> CODEZ or CODEX (same baud) is 60 dot units or 60 baud. So you can see
> that the same dots and dashes (speed setting of the key) will send 20
> wpm but only 50/60 groups per minute or about 16 gpm.  Thus the test
> for the Telegraph license is 20 wpm and 16 gpm (groups per minute).

Do you mean that the telegrapph examinations ( first class 25 wpm (plain 
text) and 20 wpm code groups)
had the same baud rate ?

73 Wim 30
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