Morse Code
 

can anyone recommend some good books, computer programs, or sites to learn from for the beginner??

thanks in advance
AG

Re: Morse Code
 

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EDIT: Im sorry, I couldnt help myself, but I wanted to get into the thread so when someone helpfull did come along, I'd be able to follow it.

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Try this : http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/...-Program.shtml

or this: http://www.ac6v.com/morseprograms.htm

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He He

Smart butt..:biggrin:


When I was refreshing my code skills , way back .

There was a program I really liked.

It is called Super morse and you can find it here
There are other programs out there but this was my favorite.

Hope this helps

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Edit: Back then we used tapes , c.d's were rare as hens teeth. late 80's early 90's
If you were lucky to have a computer , software generators were the way to go.


ReEdit: for the books and stuff If you can find someone that is a ham in your area he/she will be more than happy to help you.
Also unless you are not in country or way out in the sticks, Most areas have ham radio clubs that you can go to. You need to find a local ham to help you with that.
find your self a Elmer for face to face learning.(Elmer's are old timers that help new people into the hobby)
or you can go to the arrl.org web site here
or google for it.
Also w5yi here has some good material also.

Re: Morse Code
 

I think Boy Scout manuals from the 60s had it, if you can find one. In the meantime:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code


I remember learning Flag Signals (semaphore), which is good when there's no power.

http://cuddalorebsg.org/semaphore.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_semaphore

:Surrender:

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I learned on Gordon West tapes. (WB6NOA) There wasn't really any good morse code tutors out for the PC back then.


Try this one:

http://www.g4ilo.com/morse-machine.html

It basically trains you to HEAR the letter in morse. This by far is the BEST way to learn morse.

I'm good solid at 10wpm, but when I go faster I start visualizing dots and dashes in my mind, and then my tiny tiny little bit bucket overflows and then I lose a big chunk of copy.

This program here will train your brain to hear the letter in morse, minus worrying about the dots and dashes which is best.

I tried it, and it's pretty cool, once it sees that you have problems with certain letters based on your error frequency it tosses those one you miss in more frequently.

Here is the skinny from their website:

Morse Machine teaches Morse code using a tried and tested technique called the Koch Method. Instead of encouraging you to memorize the dots and dashes for each letter and number - a bad practise that usually results in an inability to receive at faster than about 12wpm - Morse Machine sends quickly enough that you have to learn to recognize the sound of each letter, right from the start. The slowest it will send is 20wpm, so once you have learned the code using this program you will be able to receive at that speed - fast enough to QSO with 80% or 90% of stations on the air! The only ability you need is a reasonable familiarity with the computer keyboard, so that you can quickly press the right key for the character you heard.
You can choose to learn letters only, numbers only, or a combination of letters, numbers and symbols. Morse Machine sends a character and then waits for you to type what you heard. If you get the character wrong it repeats it until you get it right. You start off with two characters, and when the program sees you are copying them correctly it adds another, and then another, until you are accurately copying the whole alphabet, numbers and punctuation characters! As you correctly read each character, the green bar above it goes down, so that you can easily see which characters are causing the most difficulty.

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Better to learn this,
it requires no electricity:smile:

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Re: Morse Code
 

Koch method.

Do not learn 5 wpm code. Start at 15 wpm.

That is all.

Re: Morse Code
 

I was interested until I went to their website and found this:

I'm not bringing a Windows box into my house just to learn Morse!

Seems like it is backwards to use an application for this anyway. Why not just have it run in a browser window and then any operating system can use it?

Gregg

Re: Morse Code
 

Try this
Or this
Or may be this

Hope this helps

:biggrin:

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I always wondered what Morse was trying to hide, anyway.......

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Try this one:

http://c2.com/morse/

This is what the morse machine was based on. Someone ported it to windows was all.

Literally only one page away.

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thanks for all the stuff so far guys!!

Just downloaded the morse machine and I can tell this'll be a great tool

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or if you would have just read down two more lines you would have seen this:

Morse Machine also runs very well under Linux using wine.

just saying...

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I learned via the Ft. Gordon method. 8 hrs a day for several weeks. Instructor was ex-special forces fellow who spent two years doing signal intercepts on the chinese border. Words cannot describe the exctasy of doing nothing but listening to dits and dahs for day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after

huhuhuhuh bancha

One of the ways we learned morse code was to tape yourself sending code and then turn around and try and receive it on playback. Don't morse words. Morse random letters and numbers. You don't want to learn word patterns but the morse patterns of letters. Words come later.

Once you think your cool doing 15 groups per minute record your morse code with various LOUD noises running in the background. It makes it much more entertaining doing the receive through interference. The more interference the better.

When you can do this then record your morse while playing a different tape or two of morse reception at different beat frequency occilation. Now you have to pick out the true morse code to record.

There's many more games. My instructor was a very mmm dedicated mmm person.

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That sure will make it stick!!!!!

When I was really into pushing myself a few years ago
found that when the speed got up into the 20 and for sure mid 20's you start hearing the words and not the letters.
There is a point you will hear the words when you start copying code at hi speed.

For those that are starting out one thing that has been noted.
Is do not stay at one speed while learning!!

Practice at the highest speed you can copy 60-70% and when your brain starts turning to mush, slow down your speed for a while. When at the slower speed the brain starts to bitch at you,, change speed.

Then push the speed up again a little faster. Always push the speed up when your copy is good at the 60-70% range!!

Never stay at one speed very long ,
When the ears and brain start mushing up, speed up or down..

It works!!


Also if you can change the tone of what you are trying to copy ,,do it,, The best way to practice is copying over the air.
There you will get it all signal drop out - drifting signals -
static - interference - weak signals- etc.

The arrl sends practice code groups every day on several bands and at different speeds. Good learning tool!

You can find their schedule here

Hope this helps!