[QCWA] Fastest CW Opr Ever???

[Bob Roske]

Hi Joe,

Here's some info from http://www.artifaxbooks.com/mcelroy.htm

Theodore R. McElroy -- Ted, or T.R., or Mac (he hated his given name) -- was 
born in September 1904. He began his telegraphic career at age 14, as a 
Western Union messenger, and within a year he was a telegraph operator. By 
age 21 he was winning code receiving contests and setting records. He set 
the all-time, still-unbroken official record of 75.2 words per minute in 
1939 (corrected to today's 25-dot word standard, that would be 72.2 wpm).

McElroy began manufacturing telegraph keys (his "Mac-Key") in late 1934. By 
1941 he had put out about twenty variations of his semi-automatic key, and 
several variations of straight (hand) keys. There were also code practice 
oscillators, inked tape keyers and, for the military during WWII, many 
automatic Morse devices and code training equipment.

Mac made millions of dollars during the war, but when demand shriveled after 
the war, he lost most of it. In 1955 he sold his company (by then located in 
Littleton, Mass.). He continued to work for it for a while, then for other 
electronics companies. He gave code demonstrations, and became interested in 
local politics. McElroy died in November 1963. He is buried at Calvary 
Cemetery in Boston.

Thanks for visiting,
Tom French, McElroy collector.
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I read somewhere that Mac could type at 150 WPM which is quite a feat on a 
manual typewriter.

73,
Bob N0UF
View my key collection at http://www.qsl.net/n0uf/keys.htm

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Fenn" <jfenn at lava.net>
To: "Discussion of QCWA" <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 5:28 PM
Subject: [QCWA] Fastest CW Opr Ever???


> If I remember correctly an American held the fastest code speed record.
> Cant remember his name but believe his top speed was in the 70's
> approximately.    I often wished I could have reached that speed but
> my top during and after WW2 was about 45 wpm.   Anyone on QCWA
> remember who the guy was???
>                      Joe
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