[CW] High Speed Morse Claims

[Darrel Emerson]

It's not hard to get to recognize "CQ CQ CQ ... " sequences in RTTY,  and
also the "RYRYRY..." sequence that's often sent as a test/tuning signal .
That's as much as I managed when I used to be active on RTTY .

Cheers
      Darrel. aa7fv.


On Mon, Sep 12, 2022, 22:13 D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:

> I can recognize my callsign in Baudot.
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> 73
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> DR
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> On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 1:00 AM 1oldlens1 <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
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>> 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
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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)
>>
>> 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).
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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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