Rick, First -- there isn't a perfect decoder out there. I've used MRP40, fldigi, CWskimmer, and DM780. CWskimmer is really nice -- especially with a wide-bandwidth receiver where you see MANY QSOs at once. Mostly, I use DM780 for digital modes (including CW) within the Ham Radio Deluxe suite because of the integrated suite of apps (since my radio is not right in front of me in my RV).
IMHO -- In noisy conditions, I think MRP40 and CWskimmer do better overall. Many apps (usually) decode characters correctly, but don't like Farnsworth or bad fists. They tend to put extra spaces between characters, or create 2 characters where 1 was meant. Takes your brain longer to put the convoluted characters back in the right form. Being able to visually see the CW as in MRP40 helps to overcome the problems. It also helps to wear a headset to hear the code while working at the computer. Ironically, contest decoding seems to work better for me because people are using memory keyers to send most of the exchange. Almost any of the tools do well decoding machine generated CW unless there's lots of QRN/QRM/QSB. Few of them decode straight keys well....because there are fewer, good straight key operators. CWOPS.org has a long list of CW apps and tools on their website you might want to look at: https://cwops.org/cw-resources/ 73 Kirk ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2022 16:10:59 -0600 > From: Rick Hiller <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: [BVARC] Help ? Looking for a good CW Translator > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Looking for a recommendation for a CW (Morse code) receive translator. A > W3 high school ham friend had a stroke and a few of us are looking to help > him out. > Anyone have a recommendation on a very good performing, computer based > (PC) translator program? > > Less of a requirement is xmit. Sending via keyboard seems quite easy to > put into place, but recommendations on that are welcome too. > > I appreciate the help. Thank you. > > 73. Rick. W5RH > > >
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