Re: [TenTec] ot

["N4YG" <n4yg@comcast.net>]

You will find that there are several methods of specifying CW speed. I use the 
definition that you will find in ARRL handbooks, the current one and those 
dating back several 10's of years. It is quite simple

Words Per Minute(WPM) = Dots Per Second / 2.4

This assumes that the duration of dashes is 3 times the duration of a dot and 
that the duration of a space is the same as the duration of a dash.

It follows then that the speed can also be found from the number of dashes per 
second

WPM = Dashes Per Second /1.2

So if you want to find the speed, send a string of dashes and count the number 
in a 5-second period and divide that number by 6.

Joe, N4YG

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