A while back I tried out several decoders and came to the conclusion that they only work reliably when the band conditions are great and the person at the key was really good at it. Seems the human brain is an important part of "decoding" and at this point anyway, I concluded that AI is only marginally useful.
K5JPP, JP > On 02/09/2022 2:33 PM Rick Hiller via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > > > Holy gee. Thanks. > This is just for general listening for him to play. He cant decode > anymore so being able go see characters and activity is the goal. > Never even considered using any of these programs. Guess I’m a golden > age left over and just put up with my marginal brain capability. > Just at the beginning of my search, so fun lies ahead. > > Oh, looks like Dayton dreams r squashed for another year. Covid threat > and knee replacements(Ron) are forefront. > Lets try another, as you suggest, or wait another year. > 73. Rick > Sent from my i-Thingamajig > > On Feb 9, 2022, at 1:09 PM, Kirk KK2Z via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org > mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org > wrote: > > > > > 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. > > > > http://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 <rickhille...@gmail.com > > > mailto:rickhille...@gmail.com > > > > To: bvarc@bvarc.org mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org , > > > tdxs-l...@tdxs.net mailto:tdxs-l...@tdxs.net > > > Subject: [BVARC] Help ? Looking for a good CW Translator > > > Message-ID: <1a3174f0-a360-4578-804c-790dc2bfe...@gmail.com > > > mailto:1a3174f0-a360-4578-804c-790dc2bfe...@gmail.com > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > > > BVARC mailing list > > BVARC@bvarc.org mailto:BVARC@bvarc.org > > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > Publicly available archives are available here: > > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ > > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ >
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