Frank, Ham Radio Delux has a code reader in its Beta Version in its Digital Master 780 digital sub program. It will copy hand sent Morse to a certain extent, but I can not find a signal on 20 meters this afternoon that it can copy as well as I can by ear. The program does a good job with PSK-31 and RTTY, so I speculate that writing code to decipher hand sent Morse is very difficult. It can probably do a good job with machine sent Morse, but it seems to be very critical of spacing, much more than I am copying by ear. It may be that I am influenced more by content and knowing what is coming next. The bottom line is that I don't think the HRD program at its current development level would be an aid to learning Morse.
I don't know a better program to suggest. There are some commercial Morse readers on the market, but I have not tried them. Simon Brown, the author of HRD frequents this reflector, so perhaps he will give us a rebuttal. It may be that I don't have his program set up properly. I am a very new user and that is a strong possibility. For learning Morse I think the old fashioned way is the best way. Start with a hand key and copying by ear. Start slow and work up to a better speed. I have been taken to task by some of the digital generation for that advice, but novices grinding out the code with each other worked for a long while until the FCC in all its wisdom decided to do things differently. I wish you well in getting into Morse. Cookie, K5EWJ --- Frank MacDonell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anyone recommend software for CW decode. I'm > just learning CW and > I am concerned about my ability to copy. Any > suggestions? Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
