[QCWA] McElroy

[Norm Gertz]

Thanks Bob.......I could not recall from memory but knew there was such a 
typing standard.

73    Norm    K1AA



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Peters" <rwpeters at swbell.net>
To: <jangus at socal.rr.com>; "'Discussion of QCWA'" <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 10:28 PM
Subject: RE: [QCWA] McElroy


>I have been following this discussion and would like to tell you
>>From the teachers mouth that typing speed is measured in 5 letter groups
> Including spaces...You count the letters and spaces and divide by 5 and
> the test is a 5 minute test...My xyl was a typing teacher and still
> types perfect at 110 WPM...
>
> Bob W1pe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: qcwa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:qcwa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Jeffrey D Angus
> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 9:13 PM
> To: Discussion of QCWA
> Subject: Re: [QCWA] McElroy
>
> 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.
>
> By the way, THE correct way to measure code speed is as follows.
> Shamelessly stolen from http://www.ac6v.com/morseaids.htm but at
> least I did give credit and a link.
>
> What I found interesting, was I was right in my original thoughts on
> this.
> But I found this site to verify my suspicions.
>
> Jeff
> wa6fwi
>
> Character Spacing and Calculating Morse Code Speed
>
> The word PARIS is the standard to determine CW code speed. Each dit is
> one element, each dah is three elements, intra-character spacing is one
> element, inter-character spacing is three elements and inter-word
> spacing is
> seven elements. The word PARIS is exactly 50 elements. Note that after
> each
> dit/dah of the letter P -- one element spacing is used except the last
> one.
> (Intra-Character). After the last dit of P is sent, 3 elements are added
>
> (Inter-
> Character). After the word PARIS - 7 elements are used. Thus:
>
> P
> di da da di
> 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 (3) = 14 elements
> A
> di da
> 1 1 3 (3) = 8 elements
> R
> di da di
> 1 1 3 1 1 (3) = 10 elements
> I
> di di
> 1 1 1 (3) = 6 elements
> S
> di di di
> 1 1 1 1 1 [7] = 12 elements
> Total = 50 elements
> () = intercharacter
> [] = interword
>
> If you send PARIS 5 times in a minute (5WPM) you have sent 250 elements
> (using correct spacing). 250 elements into 60 seconds per minute = 240
> milli-
> seconds per element.
>
> 13 words-per-minute is one element every 92.31 milliseconds.
>
>
>
>
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