Roger wrote:


There are few people who can type that fast. However on CW you type
your response while listening to the other station so the transmission
speed can be well above your typing speed.

I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of people I've met
in school and industry who could even approach that 100 wpm.
The old electric portables used to jam the keys at much over 60 while
the "selectric" could go a fair amount faster. When in college my
daughter wore out one of those and she could out type it.

My father was NY state champ at over 100 wpm on a manual typewriter in
about 1940. I always figured Bucky the milkman must have been my real
father, since I was at 15 wpm before typing class, and 12 after a year
of it. I still type with 4 fingers, and have to use my eyes to figure
where they should go. And I have typed for a living for the last 30+
years.

tom
K0TAR