[QCWA] McElroy

[Paul L Schmidt]

I just grabbed my ARRL handbook (1991 - neither really new or
really old), and it shows several formulae for determining code
speed:

  speed (WPM) = (dots/min) / 25 = (dots/sec) X 2.4

  speed(WPM) = 1.2 X clock freq for a properly-adjusted keyer

  speed(WPM) = (zeros/min) X 0.44

It alos has a discussion of the "PARIS" and "CODEX" standards
for measuring word length.  An interesting read.

73,

Paul / K9PS / Bloomfield, IN
LM-ARRL
LM-QCWA



Bob West wrote:
> I'm not sure WHO counts code speed that way.
> 
> For the purpose of Amateur VE exams we count 5 characters as
> one word. The letters count as one, the digits, punctuation,
> and prosigns count as 2. Nothing about spaces.
> 73
> Bob WA8YCD
> WV QCWA Chapter #30
> 
>