Morse Speeds Data Files

The raw data came from three daily raw data files on the Reverse Beacon Network (RBN).

The reduced data I used to prepare the charts on the Morse speeds page can be found in this small ZIP file (MD5: b5b170e202962ef3a4c2815d072d149d). It contains six files for each day for which I've reduced data. They are:

rbn_yyyymmdd_all.csv - Speeds by Continent by Band

A fairly detailed file to show CW speeds in each band as heard on each continent. These contain three columns of data.

• A category heading containing:
  • The Continent abbreviation.
  • The band, expressed as a number followed by "m" for the HF bands between 6 metres (50MHz) and 160 metres (1.8MHz), with "M/LF" used for anything below 1.8MHz. The 75 metre band is included in "80m".
  • A CW speed range. " LOW" is 10wpm or lower, and "HIGH" is above 40wpm.
• A count of the number of different callsigns (excluding beacons) calling CQ using CW within the category.
• A count of the number of CQ calls recorded for all those callsigns within the category.

rbn_yyyymmdd_wall.csv - Speeds by Continent by Band Group

The three columns of data are:

• A category heading containing:
  • The Continent abbreviation.
  • The band group, which will be one of the following:
    • "T.low" - The "traditional" lower HF bands, 160, 80/75, and 40 metres.
    • "T.high" - The "traditional" higher HF bands, 20, 15, and 10 metres.
    • "WARC" - The "WARC" HF bands, 30, 17, and 12 metres.
    • "E.high" - Extra bands above 30MHz, including 6 metres (50MHz)
    • "E.low" - Extra bands below 10MHz, including 5MHz and all bands below 1.8MHz
  • A CW speed range. " LOW" is 10wpm or lower, and "HIGH" is above 40wpm.
There will also be rows at the end with "WW All" containing Worldwide All band totals.
• A count of the number of different callsigns (excluding beacons) calling CQ using CW within the category.
• A count of the number of CQ calls recorded for all those callsigns within the category.

rbn_yyyymmdd_band.csv - Speeds by Band

The three columns of data are:

• A category heading containing:
  • The band, expressed as a number followed by "m" for the HF bands between 6 metres (50MHz) and 160 metres (1.8MHz), with "M/LF" used for anything below 1.8MHz. The 75 metre band is included in "80m".
  • A CW speed range. " LOW" is 10wpm or lower, and "HIGH" is above 40wpm.
• A count of the number of different callsigns (excluding beacons) calling CQ using CW within the category.
• A count of the number of CQ calls recorded for all those callsigns within the category.

rbn_yyyymmdd_wband.csv - Speeds by Band Group

The three columns of data are:

• A category heading containing:
  • The band group, which will be one of the following:
    • "T.low" - The "traditional" lower HF bands, 160, 80/75, and 40 metres.
    • "T.high" - The "traditional" higher HF bands, 20, 15, and 10 metres.
    • "WARC" - The "WARC" HF bands, 30, 17, and 12 metres.
    • "E.high" - Extra bands above 30MHz, including 6 metres (50MHz)
    • "E.low" - Extra bands below 10MHz, including 5MHz and all bands below 1.8MHz
  • A CW speed range. " LOW" is 10wpm or lower, and "HIGH" is above 40wpm.
• A count of the number of different callsigns (excluding beacons) calling CQ using CW within the category.
• A count of the number of CQ calls recorded for all those callsigns within the category.

rbn_yyyymmdd_region.csv - Speeds by Continent

The three columns of data are:

• A category heading containing:
  • The Continent abbreviation, or "WW" for "Worldwide".
  • A CW speed range. " LOW" is 10wpm or lower, and "HIGH" is above 40wpm.
• A count of the number of different callsigns (excluding beacons) calling CQ using CW within the category.
• A count of the number of CQ calls recorded for all those callsigns within the category.

rbn_yyyymmdd_wpms.csv - Speeds in detail

The three columns of data are:

• A category heading containing:
  • A CW speed in words-per-minute.
• A count of the number of different callsigns (excluding beacons) calling CQ using CW within the category.
• A count of the number of CQ calls recorded for all those callsigns within the category.

© M0LEP (Last updated August 2015.)