On (07 Aug 96) Bob Roach wrote to All...
 BR> Hello All,
 BR> I have an old keyer and the speed control is not calibrated.  There
 BR> are just tic marks around the dial and no indication of actual speed.
 BR> I can not send steadily enough to calibrate this thing myself.  Is
 BR> there a
 BR> formula I can use to do this by just counting the number of dashes (or
 BR> dot) in a given period of time and calculate the WPM?
Not by counting dots and dashes. Instead count "characters", i.e. a
letter or number or a punctuation mark. For example, dahdidahdit = the
character (in this case, a letter) "c". CW speed tests assume 5
characters = 1 "word". Thus the Novice license (5 wpm) test requires you
to "copy" 25 characters per minute. The General class 65 cpm, and the
Extra 100 cpm.
You must be a "codeless" tech or you would know this :).
... If you don't understand what I just said, don't worry.  Neither do I.
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