[CW] High Speed Morse Claims

[Chris R. NW6V]

It was standard English language press copy. The change to using
5-character random groups came later, because it was recognized that native
language English speakers had an advantage because of anticipation and word
memory. There are good descriptions on Casale's site, (don't remember call
at moment) describing the Grand National contest held around the turn of
the century. The copy had to be turned in correctly formatted as well as
letter perfect.

Very interesting read, remembering that Martin's Autoplex, then Vibroplex,
we're created in that cauldron of high end Morse, New York, at the same
time. Nobody gave up the guest for speed because they might develop an arm
problem :-)

On Mon, Sep 12, 2022, 7:09 AM Bill Lanahan <wa2nfn at gmail.com> wrote:

> What type of copy was used for these contests? I’d assume you can’t copy
> too far behind if it were code groups or an unknown language, but that’s a
> guess on my part ( to me a couple of letters is behind ;-().
>
> Great history, Tnx to both of you.
>
> 73 wa2nfn
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 11, 2022, at 9:41 PM, Joseph L. Pontek Sr. <v31jp1957 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 
>
> Did you ever sit down and chat with Ted, while drinking? He could
> consume quite a bit. I did, myself, back in those days, but I think he
> out paced me!  8^) We were not racing and that is something I never
> did, but I did drink a lot back in those days. No, we did not do CW
> after, but he had no ill signs from drinking.
>
> My late wife could type 155 WPM from dictation, similar to converting
> from CW to typing, you hear, then you spell out a word and then type.
> I know she typed quite a ways behind what she was hearing. I am not
> a typist, but she typed many of my letters when I was a manager, mainly
> because she hated my slow typing back then. 8^) I have little doubt Ted
> could do as claimed. I remember when my copy speed as at its highest,
> I was thinking if could touch type, mt CW copy might have even gotten
> higher. Twil never know.
>
> 73, Joe, K8JP/K5
> On 9/11/2022 6:50 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
>
> These claims I always found difficult to believe but they came from
> reliable sources, but they were all suitably embellished, like Ted
> McElroy drinking a half pint of gin then letting the code test begin,
>
> --
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