[GreenKeys] Computing The Speed Of CW

[Ralph Mowery]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey D Angus" <jangus at socal.rr.com>
To: "Green Keys" <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Computing The Speed Of CW

>And if I remember right, the standard "one word" is paris.
>So .--. .- .-. .. ...
>Should be a total of 48 (including the between word >space)

Also as far as the ham code test used to be you had to count the numbers and 
puncutation as two charactes also.

I don't think you can really arive at a very precise way of comming up with 
the real WPM. just a close number.

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