wpm
Noun
Meaning
the rate at which words are produced (as in speaking or typing)
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However the code exams are currently waived for holders of Amateur Extra Class licenses who obtained their operating privileges under the old 20 WPM test requirement.
In order to distinguish WPM and FPM, the modified Allan variance needs to be employed.
In July 1939 at a contest in Asheville, North Carolina in the United States Ted R. McElroy set a still-standing record for Morse copying, 75.2 wpm. citation William Pierpont N0HFF also notes that some operators may have passed 100 wpm.
Members of the Boy Scouts of America may put a Morse interpreter's strip on their uniforms if they meet the standards for translating code at 5 wpm.
For new applicants it requires passing a written examination on electronic theory, as well as 16 WPM code and 20 WPM text tests.
The efficiency gained by using multi-character chords have novice Twiddler users typing at 47 WPM while experts can burst up to 130 WPM. citation ASETNIOP citation citation is a virtual keyboard based on chords that appeared in 2012.