[CW] High Speed Morse Claims

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

I can recognize my callsign in Baudot.

73

DR

On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 1:00 AM 1oldlens1 <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> I am given to understand that some.people can read teletype signals.
> My memory is that Ted McElroy read something like 75 WPM. Since pictures
> of him at the contest show him wearing headphones I assume it was
> continental morse.
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> Sent from my Galaxy
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: martin.odenbach at t-online.de
> Date: 9/12/22 9:32 PM (GMT-08:00)
> To: CW Reflector <cw at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [CW] High Speed Morse Claims
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> Thanks for forwaring my email.
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> The last sentence should read :
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> This record of 1000 LPM was certified. It's hard to believe
> but nevertheless true.
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> Sorry for the confusion...
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> Martin
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> -----Original-Nachricht-----
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> Betreff: [CW] High Speed Morse Claims
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> Datum: 2022-09-13T03:34:13+0200
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> Von: "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea at arrl.net>
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> An: "CW Reflector" <cw at mailman.qth.net>
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> Via MorseCode reflector about Morse Speeds
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> On 9/12/2022 3:18 PM, martin.odenbach at t-online.de wrote:
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> I am member of some speed clubs, all of them measure
> the speed in letters per minute in PARIS mode.
> 100 LPM is equivalent to 20 words per minute.
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> HSC High Speed Club >125 letters per minute
> VHSC Very high speed club >200 LPM
> Super high speed Club >250 LPM
> Extremly high speed Club >300 LPM (60 wpm)
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> You need up to 5 sponsors who confirm that you are able
> to hold the minimum speed - which each of these clubs
> require - in qsos of at least 30 minutes. The sponsors themselves
> have to be member of the "desired" speed club, of course.
>
> When I became member of all of these clubs, I was about
> 26 yrs young and did more or less nothing else then
> excercising extreme speed cw. Oh, I forgot to mention
> that the use of computers was forbidden - for listening
> as well as for keying. Electronic keyers were ok :-)
> I used a wonderful very heavy self made sensoric keyer with an
> ETM-1C electronic which was changed to enable it for 70
> and more wpm (> 350 LPM).
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> These days, I was permanently able to copy 350 LPM
> which would be 70 wpm PARIS norm. A few of my buddies
> these days were better = faster. The best cw Operator I ever
> heard (a good friend of mine) is DF4KV. He performs like a
> machine... with an old Vibrokeyer, fluently in german and
> english. He invented the PACTOR System, together with
> DL6MAA, another absolutely outstanding cw enthusiast.
> They never met in person during the development of PACTOR,
> they communicated via cw.
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> There are regular international speed contests in different modes.
> One of them is a simulation of contest traffic. In this mode,
> the world record is held from the german ham DL1YFK with
> one thousand letters per minute - this is 200 wpm.
> When you hear your own call sign in this speed, you think
> that there was some very short "click" in the line.
>
> This record of 1000 wpm was certified. It's hard to believe
> but nevertheless true.
>
> Martin
> DK4XL
> waa #025 :-)
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