[Lowfer] QRSS?

Wed, 01 Oct 2003 18:00:57 -0000

Hi Kurt, Gary,

Yes, it's all a bit 'rule of thumb'.  My 'thumb' comes derived from a different direction 
altogether, being that 12 w.p.m. corresponds to about 10Hz, meaning a "5" will take 
about a second to send (i.e. 5 'ones' and 5 zeros, and disregarding intercharacter 
spacing (nominally 3 elements, Gary, 5 between words)).  By that reckoning, QRSS3 is 
about (12/30) or 0.4 w.p.m.  Or should that be 2.5 m.p.w?

Since most QRSS is somewhat butchered anyway as Gary alludes, with shortened 
"dahs" and spaces, all thumbs become further battered and bruised.

        Cheers,

                Steve        W3EEE

10/1/2003 4:54:32 PM, "DTX" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Didn't see any replies on the list.  A standard for WPM is to take the word
>PARIS, count the dots and dashes AND the inter-character spaces, converting
>to "elements" or dot length/time, e.g. P is 1+1+3+1+3+1+1 for
>di-dah-dah-dit.  What I don't remember is the length of inter-character
>spaces.  3? like a dash or 2?  And sometimes the QRS formats will make
>dashes 2 dot lengths instead of 3 to help get data thru quicker.  But
>however you figure it, it is more like WPH than WPM when doing QRS3<G>
>
>Gary WA6DTX
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>> What does QRSS3 equate to in WPM?
>>
>> Kurt
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