K=D8HB wrote:
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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.

Poor choice of words on my part, Hans.

A better choice would be "step up" or "incremental increase".
I think of a "jump" as an order-of-magnitude increase, like
60 wpm to 600 wpm, etc.

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

I can understand why!

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

didn't they test the machines at 100 before the changeover?

73 de Jim, N2EY