CWSPEED.EXE was written to establish a computerized and definitive method for calculating CW speed by two different methods. (5 letters per word, and 50 bits per word The program was specially written for use at the Palm Beach County Hamfest High Speed International Morse Code Contest, held every October The program is written in Power Basic (tm) which is an updated version of a fast compiler type BASIC, formerly known as Turbo Basic