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   Joe Delahaye to Tony Langdon   
   Re: Wannbe HAM   
   21 Sep 16 13:27:00   
   
     Re: Re: Wannbe HAM   
     By: Tony Langdon to Joe Delahaye on Wed Sep 21 2016 08:20:00   
      
    JD>> I dont think we ever had a 5 wpm CW here.  That was an American   
    JD>> thing. Needed 12 here.  5 wpm I could have managed    
      
    TL> I'm in VK. :) We had 5 and 10 WPM CW exams. But ours were also quite   
    TL> strict, had to be near perfect copy over 5 minutes, and pens down as soon   
    TL> as the test time ended.   
      
      
   Yeah, same here.  Unlike the American tests, you could not go over the test and   
   fill in the blanks you missed (IIRC)   
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