Some people may be interested in this Morse Code Translator I found http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html
I know there is people out there who dont know morse code or cant remember the code half the time. I get quite a few people asking me how do you know what repeater is which when some are on the same frequency. The answer is obviously the morse code ID. All you really need to know is what state your getting things from which is usually quite obvious, and you only really need to know the last two more letters from the ID. Even the last letter is usually OK to ID a repeater. So if you hear something like VK3RSP on 146.675 you know that VK3RCA is also on the frequency ( as you would have downloaded the latest WIA repeater list file ) so for instance in this case, if you know your last letter of the ID was 'dit dah dah dit' and your not sure what that is you can go to this site and just type in .--. and it will translate it for you as the letter P. So as long as you know it was ...-- for 3 as the state and P was the last letter and it was on 146.675 then you know you had VK3RSP. If you want to make doubly sure remember the last two characters and decode them.
Alternatively you can print out a sheet that you can refer to to check the code letters. I just thought this page was quite convienient also.
Morse Code Translator
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VK2KRR
Morse Code Translator
Last edited by VK2KRR on Tue May 27, 2008 6:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Hey Leigh....I am a Morse Code translator 
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Even though CW is not a license requirement anymore, it is still a very handy skill to have, and worth the effort of learning.
For anyone aspiring to work any real DX on HF, even more so on 6M, then it becomes mandatory to learn and operate using CW.
For anyone aspiring to work any real DX on HF, even more so on 6M, then it becomes mandatory to learn and operate using CW.
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VK4WDM
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I agree that CW is still an important mode and is worth learning, especially for the upcoming solar cycle and long-haul 6M Dx. Mine has got a bit rusty and I have been looking around for CW trainer programs and found a beauty: G4FON Koch morse trainer http://www.g4fon.net/ (its freeware). You can input speed, signal strength from S1 to S9, QRM, noise and keying characteristics.
Now something slightly off-topic and bit controversial - the use of "cw reader programs." I know that the very mention of such a topic will make the traditional CW buffs go scarlet but I have a progressive high-frequency hearing loss that is making copying cw more and more difficult as time goes on. I still do ok, but some sort of back up that makes sure I don't miss important bits like call signs and reports would be very helpful.
I know that there a number of programs out there: CW Get, MRP, and some of the multi-mode programs such as MixW. Is anyone using these programs? Which one do you find the best? I like CW and anything that will make it easier for me to continue to use it will be welcome.
73
Wayne
Now something slightly off-topic and bit controversial - the use of "cw reader programs." I know that the very mention of such a topic will make the traditional CW buffs go scarlet but I have a progressive high-frequency hearing loss that is making copying cw more and more difficult as time goes on. I still do ok, but some sort of back up that makes sure I don't miss important bits like call signs and reports would be very helpful.
I know that there a number of programs out there: CW Get, MRP, and some of the multi-mode programs such as MixW. Is anyone using these programs? Which one do you find the best? I like CW and anything that will make it easier for me to continue to use it will be welcome.
73
Wayne
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VK6MB
Re: More Code Translator
ASs Wayne said,
G4FON Koch morse trainer is a good program.
This other free program, "Just learn Morse Code" has both the Koch method and the Farnsworth timing included -
http://justlearnmorsecode.com/
Now I just need to use it
73 Mike
G4FON Koch morse trainer is a good program.
This other free program, "Just learn Morse Code" has both the Koch method and the Farnsworth timing included -
http://justlearnmorsecode.com/
Now I just need to use it
73 Mike
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VK2FLAW
Re: More Code Translator
Here is a good site, that i have printed off to have on hand.
http://learnmorsecode.com/
It uses a flow chart of sorts, that is handy for checking the odd character when checking a repeater ident.
VK2FLAW
Robert.
http://learnmorsecode.com/
It uses a flow chart of sorts, that is handy for checking the odd character when checking a repeater ident.
VK2FLAW
Robert.
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Like the eternal wish for a perpetual motion machine it seems inevitable that people will always want to avoid learning the morse code. Given the advantages of doing so it is surprising how many resist it.
No-one can communicate in speech without a vocabulary of many hundreds of words and they can all tell the difference between all the different ways their wife calls their name (meaning variously, time for dinner, put out the bin, mow the lawn, dishes before dx, 6m is not open again is it, not now!), all pronounced in slightly different tones and urgency. Yet the same people refuse to expand their comprehension by about 40 sounds, which are so simple, no nuances, no special meanings, just plain letters, numerals and only a few punctuations. Some even claim they don't understand abbreviations yet they then ask someone to QRX, then say 73, etc. And when giving a contest number they ask QSL?
Given how many things everyone has to learn, to get a driving licence or to do their job, it beats me why it is impossible to learn that di-dah is the letter A. And another 40 similar memory "hurdles".
If repeaters identified in two tone AFSK ASCII with parity, decoded using a lookup table randomised for the time of day, you'd have a reason to use a computer. But they identify using morse code at human readable speeds. Morse is designed for human ears and brains. Why not learn it?
If you want to download software, download a morse trainer.
No-one can communicate in speech without a vocabulary of many hundreds of words and they can all tell the difference between all the different ways their wife calls their name (meaning variously, time for dinner, put out the bin, mow the lawn, dishes before dx, 6m is not open again is it, not now!), all pronounced in slightly different tones and urgency. Yet the same people refuse to expand their comprehension by about 40 sounds, which are so simple, no nuances, no special meanings, just plain letters, numerals and only a few punctuations. Some even claim they don't understand abbreviations yet they then ask someone to QRX, then say 73, etc. And when giving a contest number they ask QSL?
Given how many things everyone has to learn, to get a driving licence or to do their job, it beats me why it is impossible to learn that di-dah is the letter A. And another 40 similar memory "hurdles".
If repeaters identified in two tone AFSK ASCII with parity, decoded using a lookup table randomised for the time of day, you'd have a reason to use a computer. But they identify using morse code at human readable speeds. Morse is designed for human ears and brains. Why not learn it?
If you want to download software, download a morse trainer.
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VK2GOM
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Plenty of software out there, as others have mentioned.
However, how about a very good book about the skills and requirements to learn Morse?
Try http://www.qsl.net/n9bor/n0hff.htm
You can download this book for free as a .pdf; just click on the link (above the Get Adobe Reader) icon hyperlink. It goes into great detail, is both very philosophical and straight to the point, and above all - is a very useful read.
The biggest tip I could give, which is echoed in the book, is never look at a chart of dots and dashes. Do not learn what characters look like!! Learn the sound of each character. Morse is a sound language, not a written one.
In my teens, I did a lot of CW as it meant I could work DX with a $50 home brew transceiver on HF. Didn't have much cash back then! Mind you, still don't HI. I could manage a comfortable 32wpm send and rx back then, but a bit rusty now so have been putting practice in again for the past month or so using various trainers and the excellent 'MorseRunner' contest simulator http://www.dxatlas.com/MorseRunner/, which is great for picking out signals in the noise, QSB, QRN, QRM, pileups etc. Back up to a steady 26wpm at the moment and hopefully will get faster again and get back onto CW out /P backpacking. Plenty of tips in the book mentioned above that I have employed too.
Happy reading!
--... ...-- de Rob VK2GOM / G0MOH
PS. Just did one of my MorseRunner contest trainer sessions and look who cropped up! Nice to 'work' you, Trent
However, how about a very good book about the skills and requirements to learn Morse?
Try http://www.qsl.net/n9bor/n0hff.htm
You can download this book for free as a .pdf; just click on the link (above the Get Adobe Reader) icon hyperlink. It goes into great detail, is both very philosophical and straight to the point, and above all - is a very useful read.
The biggest tip I could give, which is echoed in the book, is never look at a chart of dots and dashes. Do not learn what characters look like!! Learn the sound of each character. Morse is a sound language, not a written one.
In my teens, I did a lot of CW as it meant I could work DX with a $50 home brew transceiver on HF. Didn't have much cash back then! Mind you, still don't HI. I could manage a comfortable 32wpm send and rx back then, but a bit rusty now so have been putting practice in again for the past month or so using various trainers and the excellent 'MorseRunner' contest simulator http://www.dxatlas.com/MorseRunner/, which is great for picking out signals in the noise, QSB, QRN, QRM, pileups etc. Back up to a steady 26wpm at the moment and hopefully will get faster again and get back onto CW out /P backpacking. Plenty of tips in the book mentioned above that I have employed too.
Happy reading!
--... ...-- de Rob VK2GOM / G0MOH
PS. Just did one of my MorseRunner contest trainer sessions and look who cropped up! Nice to 'work' you, Trent
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VK1FMSY
Re: Morse Code Translator
I have found a couple of resources that have helped me:
1: The ARRL learn Morse Code audio cd's. They are great on the MP3 player. The ARRL also make available transcripts from magazines weekly to download at various speeds.
2: Listening to and decoding QSO's I find that you eventually cheat when listening to beacons too much as you learn the "beat" of the code, but never remember the actual characters.
3: try http://lcwo.net
The main reason I got my license was to use CW. Heaven help any poor bunny who listens to me on 10m, which thankfully atm is probably not many...
Sean,
VK1FMSY
1: The ARRL learn Morse Code audio cd's. They are great on the MP3 player. The ARRL also make available transcripts from magazines weekly to download at various speeds.
2: Listening to and decoding QSO's I find that you eventually cheat when listening to beacons too much as you learn the "beat" of the code, but never remember the actual characters.
3: try http://lcwo.net
The main reason I got my license was to use CW. Heaven help any poor bunny who listens to me on 10m, which thankfully atm is probably not many...
Sean,
VK1FMSY