[CW] US Navy training speeds - "quals" and performance standards

[Richard Singer]

Chris, As I remember you had to qualify at 32 WPM for speed key op. I was
in Navy 1959. ALL CW and RTTY and some AM voice on old SRT transmitters.

Dick/K6KSG

On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 6:19 PM Walter - K5EST <walter.k5est at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I graduated in early 1967 from RM "A" school. 18 wpm on a straight key was
> minimum. 30 wpm on a mill was required. My best on a straight key was 24
> wpm for 5 minutes, no errors.
>
> At the time your comm command would take you to a FCC office for speed key
> (Bug) testing, I was at Coronado so no testing was available. Turns out
> only fleet comms were running high speed CW. My 20 wpm was normal.
>
> 73,
>
> Walter, K5EST ⚓
>
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