It is an effective 5 WPM rate

The characters are sent fast 12 to 15 WPM
Spacing between is very long so it evens out at 5 WPM

This is to allow the student to focus on the overall sound of the character,
while still not overwhelming him or her with lots of text that has to be
buffered in the mind.

At 5 WPM folks tend to count the dits and dahs and not get it by sound -- so
the testing entities sed ---- Farnsworth

More info at URL:

http://www.zerobeat.net/tasrt/c31.htm


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"ZZZPK" .es.it.net wrote
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"Caveat Lector" wrote:

: In our area -- VE exam tests are sent at 14 to 15 wpm with the spacing
: adjusted to 5 wpm overall.

so its not 5wpm then ?