RE: [Elecraft] CW training tapes/CD?

[W3FPR - Don Wilhelm]

Two comments - see below

73,
Don W3FPR

> -Original Message-
>
> One could even rip a CD and put the contents on a tiny MP3 player
> and carry
> it around with you all the time.
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Good idea, but test it first - some MP3 encoding formats do not do code
well, I prefer to stick with .wav files.
-
>
> I've thought about recording on-air QSO's and replaying that as well.
> Anybody have any decent software for copying off air to disk?
>
-
Try Total Recorder - it will record anything that you can put into or
through the sound card - even streaming audio.  See
http://www.highcriteria.com/ - well worth the $11.95 price if you do any
computer based audio recording work - I have used it to convert old audio
tapes to CDs as well as record off the air stuff.  It will produce audio
files in a variety of formats and quality levels.

Should you want to get fancy with audio files, try teaming Total Recorder up
with Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ (good, free audio editor -
cross platform too) and the Quintessential Player http://www.quinnware.com/
(a nice free audio player that plays everything except .wma files - it even
plays ogg-vorbis format for those who prefer open-source software)



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Re: [Elecraft] CW training tapes/CD?

[Mike Morrow]

Charlie Hicks wrote:

>...I'd like to consider some training tapes/CDs.

Another option, at about $70, is the MFJ-418 Morse Tutor.  It produces a wide 
range of practice text types at a broad range of speeds, allows replay for 
verification of your accuracy, is the size of cigarette pack, and runs for a 
long time on a 9 vdc battery.  

I enjoy carrying one just for fun copy at higher speeds.  I wish I had one 25 
years ago when I was studying for my commercial radiotelegraph license random 
character test.  I consider it the best single device, by large margin, for 
off-air Morse practice that I've ever used.

73,
Mike / KK5F
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Re: [Elecraft] CW training tapes/CD?

[Bob Nielsen]

On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 09:57:41AM -0600, Charlie Hicks wrote:
> 
> It's been a long time since I did any serious CW work.  I hit the wall at
> about 17 wpm 15 years ago and with more kids, etc. never continued.  I'm
> going to get back into CW and besides copying CW on the air I'd like to
> consider some training tapes/CDs.
> 
> So - two questions: 1) what training tapes have you used that work well to
> build speed, and 2) who offers CDs instead of tapes?  I think the ability to
> go from track to track would be great vs. fast forward and reverse on a tape
> deck.
> 
> One could even rip a CD and put the contents on a tiny MP3 player and carry
> it around with you all the time.
> 
> I've thought about recording on-air QSO's and replaying that as well.
> Anybody have any decent software for copying off air to disk?
> 
> 73,  Charlie K0CKH

QRP legend Chuck Adams, K7QO has put together a code course complete
with an ISO image suitable for burning a CD.  You can find it at
.

73, Bob N7XY
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