[High-Speed-CW] LIST ACTIVITY

[Fabian Kurz]

Hello,

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 02:55:15PM -0600, Chuck Broadwell, W5UXH wrote:
> Sorry, not me.  But I do have a question that I have posed to some of 
> the European EHSC guys in the past,  with no replies.  I would really 
> like to hear a recording of a typical EHSC qso at 60 wpm where they are 
> using keyers (as required).

You don't really want to hear it :-)
Most members of the EHSC are (or were at a time) able to produce
readable CW at 60wpm (PARIS) with paddles, but it's not really a
pleasure to listen to it. Effectively (due to spacing) most of
these QSOs are probably closer to 50wpm than 60wpm...

> I don't recall what the top sending speeds are in the HST, and am not 
> sure if they reach speeds near 50 or not?  Do they make recordings that 
> would be available?

The current HST world records:
http://www.darc.de/uploads/media/HST-World-records-13.10.2010.pdf

Transmitting letters: EU7KI 283 cpm (that's REAL characters, due to
the random nature of letters in code groups that's about 330cpm /
66wpm PARIS). Figures are even more impressive: EW8NW 254 cpm (real
again, that's over 80wpm in PARIS!).

But the Belarussian competitors cannot be compared with "normal" hams,
or even the other serious competitors at the HST (from Russia,
Romania) because they do it professionally, and they _only_ practice
to send code groups. Plain text or QSOs are absolutely not within
their skill sets.

Most "normal" hams at the HST competitions are _much_ slower. I can
send plain text at about 45wpm and on a good day 50wpm (PARIS), but at
the HST I am happy if I can do about 35wpm. 

73,
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