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VE1EX  > CW       06.07.05 13:50l 12 Lines 340 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: straight key/speed?
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Message-Id: 261_VE1EW
From: ve1ex@ve1ew.#cbrk.ns.can.noam (Andrew)
To: cw@ww

I have heard/read about old time ops who could send up to 30 wpm using
a straight key.. is this factual or fiction?  The best I have been able
to do with a straight key is a little over 20 wpm, and then I could not
keep that up for long.
(&) Andrew J. Bowlby




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