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TTY rates jumped from 60 WPM to
100 WPM,

Hardly a "jump", Len. More like a slide.


I'll have to side with Len on this one. It was a JUMP, not a slide or a
slither.

When the USN fleet broadcasts shifted to JASON cover (100WPM) from black
uncovered (60WPM), estimates are that the TTY casualty rate approached 75%.

Machines which had been happily chugging along for years on 60WPM gears
literally self-destructed when 100WPM gears were installed.

73, de Hans, K0HB
Master Chief Radioman, US Navy