CW Decode

[Frank MacDonell]

Can anyone recommend software for CW decode. I'm just learning CW and
I am concerned about my ability to copy. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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[WILLIS COOKE]

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 <[hidden email]> 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.
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[Julian, G4ILO]

Frank MacDonell 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.

I haven't found any software decoder that works well enough on hand sent Morse to rely upon.

The best CW decoder I personally have found is a Linux program, gMFSK.

On Windows, I found the program CWGet to be the best. There is also a free one you can get from here: http://www.hotamateurprograms.com which is pretty good, if you can live with the user interface. I've seen a lot of reports that MRP40 http://www.polar-electric.com/Morse/MRP40-EN/ is the best of all under Windows but I have never tried it.

If you buy a K3 then of course it has a built in morse decoder, though I'm not sure it is quite up to the standard of the best PC programs.

[N1XOI]

HamScope is nice. It does a decent job decoding CW and has a few useful features, like BandPass and Notch filters.

For learning CW I recommend the Koch method as implemented by G4FON in his Koch CW Trainer program. You can download it here:

http://www.g4fon.net/

73, Paolo.

Frank MacDonell 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.
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[Leigh L. Klotz Jr WA5ZNU]

On Linux, Dave W1HKJ fldigi has advanced the CW (and other) modems
beyond gMFSK.  On Windows, PocketDigi by Vojtech OK1IAK ported the gMFSK
modem set and improved CW.  It's easily available at
http://www.n0hr.com/PocketDigi/PocketDigi_intro.htm and isn't just for
Pocket PC.  It's a very uncluttered display on Windows as well.  Simon
HB9DRV ported the gMFSK/fldigi modems to create DM780 but I don't know
if he's using the CW modem.

73,

Leigh/WA5ZNU/ZF2NU

Julian G4ILO wrote:
> The best CW decoder I personally have found is a Linux program, gMFSK.
> On Windows, ..
>  
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[Leigh L. Klotz Jr WA5ZNU]

Oops, N0HR doesn't list the Desktop windows version of PocketDigi.
It's at
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pocketdigi/PocketDigi-1.0.11-x86.zip

> On Linux, Dave W1HKJ fldigi has advanced the CW (and other) modems
> beyond gMFSK.  On Windows, PocketDigi by Vojtech OK1IAK ported the
> gMFSK modem set and improved CW.  It's easily available at
> http://www.n0hr.com/PocketDigi/PocketDigi_intro.htm and isn't just for
> Pocket PC.  It's a very uncluttered display on Windows as well.  Simon
> HB9DRV ported the gMFSK/fldigi modems to create DM780 but I don't know
> if he's using the CW modem.
>
> 73,
>
> Leigh/WA5ZNU/ZF2NU
>
> Julian G4ILO wrote:
>> The best CW decoder I personally have found is a Linux program, gMFSK.
>> On Windows, ..
>>  
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