On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 01:52:26 GMT, K=D8HB wrote:

Even further back (in 1919) the old Amateur First Grade was required to=
pass
a 10WPM test in Continental Morse

Even even further back (in 1913) the old Amateur First Grade was requir=
ed to
pass a 5WPM test in Continental Morse

Even even even further back (in 1912) the old Amateur First Grade "must=
be
able to transmit and receive in Continental Morse, but no speed rate wi=
ll be
prescribed." (Presumably 1 word per fortnight was sufficient.)

Wasn't "Continental Morse" the contemporary name for what we now
call "International Morse", as distinguished from "American Morse" ?

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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon