Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8919 invoked from network); 11 Jan 2001 10:10:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by 10.226.25.101 with SMTP; 11 Jan 2001 10:10:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 15744 invoked from network); 11 Jan 2001 10:13:33 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 11 Jan 2001 10:13:33 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14GeaF-0006cp-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 10:03:51 +0000 Received: from mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be ([134.58.10.6]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14GeaE-0006ck-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 10:03:50 +0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from LCBD15.fys.kuleuven.ac.be (LCBD15.fys.kuleuven.ac.be [134.58.80.15]) by mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be (8.9.3/8.9.0) with SMTP id LAA148848 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 11:03:40 +0100 Message-ID: <3.0.1.16.20010111115501.2c5febf4@mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be> X-Sender: pb623250@mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (16) Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 11:55:01 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org From: "Rik Strobbe" Subject: Re: LF: qrss dot length In-reply-to: <001501c07b76$aafae2a0$52ac0ad8@dad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: At 02:31 11/01/01 -0000, WD4KPD wrote: >good day all....anyone know how dot length translates to WPM ? >i have seen some QRSS speeds listed in WPM on the net especially concerning >lowfer/medfer beacons in USA. WPM (Words Per Minute) is based on the 'PARIS' system, where PARIS is taken as a standard word that has a length of exactly 50 dots (including word spacing). As a result 1 WPM = 50 dots per minute , 12 WPM = 600 dots per minute and so on ... Or the other way arround at 1 WPM a dot takes 60/50 = 1.2 seconds, at 12 WPM a dot is 0.1 second long. So : dot length (seconds) = 1.2/WPM 73, Rik ON7YD