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Corboy - Poteet

[OT] Software for Learning Morse Code

A friend of mine recently retired and has expressed a desire to learn
code (International Morse). I hope that someone on this list may have
taught code as part of an Amateur Radio class and will have a
suggestion of a good software package that my friend could use.

Mike W5FTD

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Ian Maude

Re: [OT] Software for Learning Morse Code

Corboy-Poteet wrote:
> A friend of mine recently retired and has expressed a desire to learn
> code (International Morse). I hope that someone on this list may have
> taught code as part of an Amateur Radio class and will have a
> suggestion of a good software package that my friend could use.
>
> Mike W5FTD
>
Without *any* doubt, the K7QO code course. Google it and download. It
is a CD image and can be dropped onto an mp3 player also. There are
pdf's in there to check your answers etc. I cannot recommend this
package highly enough. Speed is never mentioned. I am about to restart
it myself (never got through it the first time) to get my code speed up
and hopefully get the most out of my K3 when I get it :)

Ian

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Member RSGB, GQRP
K2 #4044 |K3 #?

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Julian, G4ILO

Re: [OT] Software for Learning Morse Code

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Take a look at MorseGen, on my web page. It can train using the Koch
method, where you start off learning a few characters at a time at a
high speed, so you don't get the bad habit of counting dots and dashes
the way *I* learned. And it can also create MP3 files you can copy to
an iPod (or a cheap Chinese MP3 player from eBay) and carry around for
practise. It's also free.

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On 10/19/07, Corboy-Poteet <[hidden email]> wrote:

> A friend of mine recently retired and has expressed a desire to learn
> code (International Morse). I hope that someone on this list may have
> taught code as part of an Amateur Radio class and will have a
> suggestion of a good software package that my friend could use.
>
> Mike W5FTD
>
>
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* KTune - http://www.g4ilo.com/ktune.html

M0XDF

Re: [OT] Software for Learning Morse Code

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On top of all the the posts - look at

http://www.fists.org/ - US chapter of FISTS - we don't just work each other
and we encourage people new to CW

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KochMorse/ - this is a great learning tool and
the group is very helpful too

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SolidCpyCW/?yguid=274363652 - this one seems
to be more US biased

On 19/10/07 06:08, "Corboy-Poteet" <[hidden email]> sent:

> A friend of mine recently retired and has expressed a desire to learn
> code (International Morse). I hope that someone on this list may have
> taught code as part of an Amateur Radio class and will have a
> suggestion of a good software package that my friend could use.
>
> Mike W5FTD
--
Ok, so what's the speed of Dark?

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Brendan Minish

Re: [OT] Software for Learning Morse Code

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whilst the tools for learning are important and I am sure you will
receive many suggestions on that front.

By far the most important factor to successfully learning the code is
the approach taken.
The best book by far that I have ever read on the subject is The Art and
Skill of Radio-Telegraphy which can be read on line in various formats
here.
http://www.zerobeat.net/tasrt/

73
Brendan EI6IZ

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Andrey Stoev

Re: [OT] Software for Learning Morse Code

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This one is pretty good too - http://justlearnmorsecode.com/

73
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Corboy-Poteet" <[hidden email]>
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Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 1:08 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] [OT] Software for Learning Morse Code

>A friend of mine recently retired and has expressed a desire to learn
> code (International Morse). I hope that someone on this list may have
> taught code as part of an Amateur Radio class and will have a
> suggestion of a good software package that my friend could use.
>
> Mike W5FTD
>
>
>
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Dan Romanchik KB6NU

Re: [OT] Software for Learning Morse Code

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I always recommend trying both the K7QO course that Ian mentions and
the G4FON CW Trainer (www.g4fon.net). They use different techniques,
and some people prefer one and some prefer the other. It depends on a
person's learning style.

73!

Dan KB6NU
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On Oct 19, 2007, at 3:30 AM, Ian J Maude wrote:

> Corboy-Poteet wrote:
>> A friend of mine recently retired and has expressed a desire to learn
>> code (International Morse). I hope that someone on this list may have
>> taught code as part of an Amateur Radio class and will have a
>> suggestion of a good software package that my friend could use.
>>
>> Mike W5FTD
>>
> Without *any* doubt, the K7QO code course. Google it and
> download. It
> is a CD image and can be dropped onto an mp3 player also. There are
> pdf's in there to check your answers etc. I cannot recommend this
> package highly enough. Speed is never mentioned. I am about to
> restart
> it myself (never got through it the first time) to get my code
> speed up
> and hopefully get the most out of my K3 when I get it :)
>
> Ian
>
> Ian J Maude, G0VGS
> SysOp GB7MBC DX Cluster
> Member RSGB, GQRP
> K2 #4044 |K3 #?

dave.wilburn

Re: [OT] Software for Learning Morse Code

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My absolute favorite. The only problem is I have not found anything
to do as well in Linux. He keeps updating it, getting better all the
time and it is free.

http://www.g4fon.net/

David Wilburn
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K4DGW
K2 #5982
FP#-1751

Corboy-Poteet wrote:

Jack

Re: [OT] Software for Learning Morse Code

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Mike,

Just Lean Morse Code is my favorite. The G4FON is great but requires an add-on to allow entering text on the screen.
The Just Learn Morse Code program lets you enter copy as you hear it and corrects it giving your the total percentage correct and a list of all charcters with the number of each missed, listed in the order of most missed down.

I still use the G4FON software for somethings! It is great for randomly generated QSOs

Many years ago I wrote an article about learning code (see www.jackandginger.com) but finally got it together recently using the Just Learn Morse Code program.

BTW, I passed the 10 WPM Code Proficieny test in August of this year and in September I got the 15 WPM endorsement. Last week I took the 20 WPM test and almost passed it. I expect to pass it on one of the qualifying runs in November. Since I built my KX1 last year I have been operating almost exclusively CW!

Jack, AE6GC

PS Last but not least, remember, in learning code, faster is easier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jack
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