LEARNING
MORSE CODE - A List of Various Resources. The big hint, is
PRACTICE DAILY.
Best Book on Morse Code that I know of: available in paperback and in digital format from
Amazon.
.
Amazon always has interesting items for Morse Code - check them
out: HERE.
Amazon's Morse Code Keys: HERE.
QRP Transceivers! HERE.
Note: I am an Amazon Affiliate, I
receive a small commission if you use these links at NO increase
of cost to you. Thank you for supporting me.
Ham Radio Study:
https://hamstudy.org They have the best flash cards to
study and memorize. They also have apps for Android and
iPhone.
https://www.eham.net/exams/
Has the best practice exams!
Forget Frustration:
Gain Valuable Morse Skills And Increase Your Amateur-Radio
Pleasure
By Dave Finley, N1IRZ - Author of "Morse Code Breaking the
Barrier - the Fastest, Most Effective Way to Code Proficiency" -
KOCH method - highly recommended. Buy HERE
or at your favorite ham radio store.
The U.S. NAVY way of doing Morse.
Invaluable. They copied code groups (ciphers) in the
script shown.
U.S.
Navy Morse Training! Please scroll down to fig 4.2 to see the Navy
way of high speed block printing CW. Long hand does not work
when copying coded groups because it takes a precious moment
to connect the long hand characters. Using smaller size also
increases copy speed. You should be able to copy 3 to 5 words
behind what is being received and before long you will have
solid copy without thinking about individual letters or
numbers. (A TAP of the Morse Key to Walter Dufrain
- K5EST for mentioning this.)
Morse Apps:
For iPhone/iPad
Ham Morse (Has the Most Features)
Morse Mania
Morse-it
Imorsix
For Android:
IZ2UUF Morse Koch Trainer
KMT Pro
CW Trainer
For Computer:
For DOS or Windows, Mac and Linux using DOSBOX.
"The MILL" by Jim Farrior,
W4FOK (SK) awesome old fashioned GW Basic
program for IBM XT PC which runs on Windows, Mac and Linux
with the use of DOSBOX. Teaches ajnd
practices both International and American Morse code. Download
ZIP file, into a new folder, extract all, and run with DOSBOX.
The
MILL DOWNLOAD.
For Windows, Linux and Mac.
A Teaching Program available for Windows, Linux, Mac and DOS.
http://www.c2.com/morse/
Fully Automatic
Morse Teaching Machine for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and
DOS.
http://www.c2.com/morse/
For Windows - and Linux under WINE.
Tony Lacy's (Silent Key) NU MORSE PROFESSIONAL.
Download: Archive of http://www.nu-ware.com/
Download: Last
Archive of NuMorse Pro.
NuMorse Pro Help
Files.
NuMorse under
Mac and Linux.
Registration Code (Thank you, Tony!) for NU MORSE
PROFESSIONAL:
000016-RNUW03-2YJGW5-MT59BA-G9XBGR-73FHV4-2GUZ7R-76U0FM-VKN9M0-V61CX2
Tony Lacy's USEFUL
LINKS - to shareware and other files.
Morse Cat from DK5KI https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1q-psxlp3Iwa0p5aFhLd1RkWGs/view
WD5CID - SuperMorse (the Original).
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1q-psxlp3IweWhpNGNKaC1hSjQ/view
CW_Player - by F1ORL This freeware program
generates the standard Morse caracters, Q codes, abbreviations,
random series of characters and text files. It controls your
knowledge through a Quiz test and helps you to get a good keying
by monitoring your CW signals. Keying off air and verifying your
transmission on the screen will let you go on air with less stress
and
more confidence. It generates Wave sound files (*.wav) of morse
characters that can be played by any media software. Local characters can be created by
yourself. CW_Player needs a sound card and Win95 or later.
20 lessons are proposed to learn the Morse code. You can modify
their contents as you like.(CW_Player can be run on Linux
under WINE - see important installation notes on website).
http://www.f1orl.org/cwpeng.htm
ARTICLES
on Morse Code and Morse Code Sending:
Article - Keys to
Good Code written by one of
the true masters of radio Morse, the late Bob Shrader,
W6BNB, author of "Electronic Communication".
EXCELLENT!
Stumped
on how to conduct a Morse radio contact (QSO)?
Here's some examples thanks to Bill Cross, G0ELZ, former
radio officer, and Chairman Marine Radio Museum Society
(Wallasey) club call M0LBL from the Tug France
Hayhurst in Royal Albert Dock Liverpool. who along
with
Gordon Andrews, G3DVV (SK),
made this file back in the 1990s when RSGB changed from text to
a QSO format for Morse tests. Download:
master_qso_format.txt
Web
Sites Teaching Morse Code
INDIVIDUAL WEB SITES WITH LEARNING MORSE CODE INFORMATION.
CW
Innovations: Open
Enrollment. A unique method that gives other active,
on-the-air operators the ability to improve their Morse Code
proficiency through self-instruction. In and out of our
virtual classroom, we are committed to sharing our specially
designed curriculum, our personal experience as both learners
and operators and our insights into the challenges presented
at each stage of the learning process. Ultimately, our small
classes ensure integrity and confidence in CW Innovations’
most important ingredient for mutual success: the
relationships and support we build with one another in our
shared CW journey.
KY8D’s Morse Code Page https://starling.us/free/morse/
- Start from zero knowledge of Morse, sound files for practice
at various speeds in both normal and elongated with faster code
characters (Farnsworth type sending), for more advanced
practice, punctuation only files, books with full punctuation in
both English and Esperanto. Morse code audio file generator from
plain text files which you can use to make your own Morse code
books, random word text file generator to make your own practice
files. Obtain free text file books from Project
Gutenberg.
Morse Practice files can be produced from ebooks with this
excellent ebook-to-cw program
https://fkurz.net/ham/ebook2cw.html
which is available for Windows and Linux. It's a command
line program, but a graphical user interface (GUI) is available
here ebook2cw -
convert ebooks to Morse MP3s / OGGs (fkurz.net). It has
many features, once you learn to configure it, it produces the
very best results of anything comparable. User feedback
indicates, that ebook2cw is also used to prepare Morse courses
lessons, generate Morse versions of DX newsletters and other
purposes (e. g. a CW
plugin for the IRC client colloquy, a Telegram bot
which converts text messages to CW and a Morse
RSS reader). Highly recommended by myself and Rob, W2ITT.
It's relatively easy to generate a WAV file with a
software package such as Goldwave or VLC from audio
Morse generated either externally, input through the soundcard,
or from Morse keyboard software such as CWType — if your
soundcard supports duplex operation. However, WAV files are very
large. With an appropriate plug-in. you can convert WAV to MP3
files, but even these will be relatively large. The solution is
to make a MIDI file. as used for recording music. Instead of
storing sampled sound directly. MIDI files store information
about how the sound is to be generated in the soundcard. Thus.
being "interpreted". they are much smaller.
Rob, KA2BEO distributes “CWMIDI”. a PC program that does this http://www.natradioco.com/Nrprods2.htm
ENJOY! Following its 14th year anniversary, this software is now
available for FREE!
W8RIT has useful information:
https://www.qsl.net/w8rit/how_to_learn_cw.htm
Morse Free - Free Morse Code Training Course for Beginner
by Ham Radio Veteran & Morse Code Instructor: Richard C.
Fitch (W5RCF)
https://morsefree.com/
The "Head Copy" Website:
https://morse.mdp.im/head-copy/
I found this part fun.
https://morse.mdp.im/news/
All the current news headlines, displayed "fogged" play
triangles.
Set the speeds you like and then hit the "Play" triangle.
Copy and then check your work. To play again set your
speeds again and press "Play". The content changes
regularly.
Morse Training Words - give the website your difficult
letters and you will receive a word list of words using them.
HINT: Add some common consonants and some extra vowels for
a larger list of practice words, like add aeiou tnshrlcmf
https://morsetrainingwords.surge.sh/
Morse Code World International
Trainer Words
https://morsecode.world/international/trainer/words.html
Learn CW Online https://lcwo.net/
Just
Learn Morse Code: http://www.justlearnmorsecode.com/
FISTS (Morse Code Club) "Learn CW" https://fistsna.org/learncode.html
[CW stands for Continuous Wave & many hams call Morse
Code transmission "CW".]
Chuck K7QO's excellent Morse tutorial on CD. Dr.
Chuck is a silent key.
http://web.archive.org/web/20180816102857/http://k7qo.com/k7qo_code_course.iso
Download K7QQ's iso file and
burn it with CD burning software.
Free iso Burning Software for Windows:
http://www.freeisoburner.com/
Linux users have K3b for KDE, brassero and xfburn as well as
wodim on terminal or command console.
Long Island CW Club. Lots of great resources. https://longislandcwclub.org/
LICW - Mini Morse Lessons: https://longislandcwclub.org/licw-mini-morse-lessons/
Morse
over the Internet!
VBand (See Long
Island CW Club entry below): https://hamradio.solutions/vband/
Other Morse-over-internet
platforms
(Thanks and a press of the Morse Key to Ross K Waddams, M0NNK) for these:
CQ100 https://qsonet.com/
one month free trial then subscription, no screen decode
iCW http://internetcw.weebly.com/
tricky set-up but good, no screen decode
Vail https://vail.woozle.org/
no frills, single channel
Morsecode.me http://morsecode.me/?room=1
"A bit anarchic for my tastes" says M0NNK, Ross, the
"Portable CW Guru".
or Beta.morsecode.me: https://beta.morsecode.me/
Japan Dit Dah Chat (Compatible with VBand) https://ditdah.jp/ditdah-chat/
Applications that use a web site to process your Morse. The
applications run on Windows - some can run under WINE
or DOSBOX.
CWcom - (1) https://archive.org/details/cwcom
(2) https://www.kb6nu.com/with-cwcom-you-can-operate-cw-over-the-internet/
Morse KOB - American Morse Code but can do
International Morse code as well. https://sites.google.com/site/morsekob
Interfaces for Android, Windows and Web. READ
the Description, they do different things.
Interface available for Ham Radio
Solutions VBAND to hook up
your Morse key or paddle. Go to VBAND and
click on Store to purchase their USB Paddle Interface for TRS 3.5mm (1/8 inch stereo
type) plugs - NOTE their system (and many newer
transceivers) will NOT work with 1/8 inch mono one
circuit plugs without the ring.) The
USB paddle interface allows sending with an actual
paddle or straight key instead of the computer
keyboard. The adapter connects to a computer with an
included mini USB cable, and has a 3.5mm TRS jack
for the paddle / straight key connection. It has
been tested on Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and Android.
At the time of this writing, the price is $25 plus
$3.50 US shipping. International users please
contact us before ordering. Again, go to the VBAND
URL and click on "Store" to
purchase this very compact USB to Tip-Ring-Sleeve
1/8 (3.5mm) jack device.
Also it's highly recommended to use Windows Google
Chrome and make a dedicated shortcut on your
Desktop with the properties:
"C:\Program
Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
--disable-extensions
This will run Google Chrome without any of the
extensions you've installed!
However there is also a new addition to their
interfaces called CW Hotline
which is a WiFi connected CW tool. CW Hotline was
designed to provide a way to key a remote radio station in CW
mode, but can be also used as a private Morse code link to
friends. Think “The Bat Phone” for CW. It is available with
either a built in straight key or paddles, or neither if only
external keys will be used. Once it is configured with the local
WiFi information, just power up, it will link with selected
peers and be ready to send and receive.
NEW - CW Widget.
Developed by AD7I. CW Widget provides several features of
interest to those learning International Morse Code.
First, it implements a multi-function electronic keyer,
providing Iambic Mode-A, Iambic Mod-B, Mode C and Mode D.
Mode C (my term) is an electronic keyer that is
non-iambic. In mode C, once a paddle contact is closed the
other paddle contact is ignored until the first contact is open
and the trailing spacing element has completed. Mode D (my
term) is best described as “Bug Mode”, in that the left paddle
produces dots and the right paddle functions as a straight
key. Left handed paddle operation for all of the modes
above is accommodated via a user controlled configuration
change. And there is a conventional straight key input for
either a straight key or bug (without any electronic timing
assistance, other than switch-bounce suppression).
AD7I Morse pages: http://ad7i.net/main/morse-code/international-morse-cw/cw-training/
K4ICY - Great Page on Morse code. http://k4icy.com/cw.html
K4ICY also has a wonderful free spectrum guide (bandplan) that
will fit in your pocket. http://k4icy.com/bandplans.htm
Morse Code Oscillators - sine wave
K4ICY's "Pleasant Morse Code Oscillator" http://www.k4icy.com/weekend_radio_3tr-audio-amp.html
DU1ANV Code Oscillator Nice Sine Wave Code Practice Oscillator
from DU1ANV
Morse Code Ninja - https://morsecode.ninja/
"A Learning Approach to Achieve QRQ." This paper
introduces a one-year plan for studying high-speed CW. In
the paper we propose a method to increase your CW receiving
skills from 30 to 45 wpm. Please follow this link
to find the paper at the Morse Code Ninja website. [Thanks Terry
(WB0JRH),
Kurt Zoglmann (AD0WE) and Jack Treloar (AA0IZ)]
MorseCode.World - https://MorseCode.World
Here you will find some of the best online resources for Morse
code. Whether you're here for fun, to learn Morse code or to
learn about Morse code, Dr. Stephen C. Phillips by
his years of making tools to create and translate Morse and
collecting Morse Code information aims to provide the resources
you need.
N1EA MORSE CODE ARCHIVE ON THE INTERNET ARCHIVE.
Browse and see what's there, many old recordings from the days
of commercial Morse code stations.
https://archive.org/details/@djringjr
See some historic Morse recordings and key sending
demonstrations:
https://youtube.com/djringjr/
The BEST email list for CW Morse Code, CW-Reflector, Subscribe:
http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/cw
or send an email to the CW list at [email protected]
I often get asked how to learn Morse
Code.
The answer of course is just listen to the sound
and repeat it often.
I found this TUTORIAL for Morse Code on
YouTube. It's eleven lessons.
The "HamWhisperer" (Andy, KE4GKP) announces the course on this blog:
http://www.hamwhisperer.com/p/morse-code-course.html
Here are the YouTube links to the
individual lessons:
1) https://youtu.be/OB1RUBwAvbE
2) https://youtu.be/1Iu6vTxWpBQ
3) https://youtu.be/5APNCFrP2rg
4) https://youtu.be/xr5fSH1GAcU
5) https://youtu.be/Ei0zOlg0-_M
6) https://youtu.be/-N0LJlAsY_Q
7) https://youtu.be/wyObOTr-3Zg
8) https://youtu.be/tIv_I6RN39w
9) https://youtu.be/kixycUwjp-M
10) https://youtu.be/lP0BhtHsK1U
11) https://youtu.be/EZUJs0Ahf-M
CONVERT YOUTUBE VIDEOS TO AUDIO.
Youtube-dl and other programs can convert video to mp3 audio file.
Web based YouTube to mp3 converter, no registration, no limits to
use: https://getx.topsandtees.space/W1AzWnNaog
For my blind friends and others who would like mp3 files of the
above 11 lessons and who use Linux, I recommend youtube-dl-mp3 to
download and convert to mp3. Probably the most accessible
distribution around is SLINT based on Slackware. It's
outstanding with graphical user interface and text mode command
line interface as well as preconfigured emacspeak! About
SLINT https://slint.fr/wiki/doku.php?id=:en:start
Download SLINT https://sourceforge.net/projects/slint/files/latest/download
Install youtube-dl-mp3 then for example change the first page into
an mp3 file by entering this command in terminal or console:
youtube-dl-mp3 https://youtu.be/OB1RUBwAvbE
After a while - several minutes - you will have this file in your
file folder:
'International Morse Code - Lesson 1.mp3'
If youtube-dl-mp3 is not available in your Linux distribution, you
can use youtube-dl which is usually supplied in the repositories.
Unfortunately youtube-dl adds part of the URL to the file name
while youtube-dl-mp3 does not.
To use youtube-dl easily, do this:
Enter this alias in your ~/.bash_aliases file:
alias yt='youtube-dl -x --audio-format mp3'
If you just entered the above command right now, you'll have to
start bash up again to have it recognize the alias "yt".
So open a terminal and enter "bash" and press ENTER.
Then enter this command:
yt https://youtu.be/OB1RUBwAvbE
So for example if you enter the command:
yt https://youtu.be/OB1RUBwAvbE
Give it some time and before long you will end up with a file
named:
'International Morse Code - Lesson 1-OB1RUBwAvbE.mp3'
I don't know how to get rid of the part of the URL that is added
to the video name automatically, but you can move the file like
this:
mv 'International Morse Code - Lesson 1-OB1RUBwAvbE.mp3'
'International Morse Code - Lesson 1.mp3'
I use vlc to play mp3 files but any mp3 player will work.
I will ask Andy if I can host audio files of the International
Morse Code Lessons if their is enough demand for them.
OTHER WAYS OF PRACTICE.
Buy a little shortwave radio but make sure it has SSB or
you will NOT be able to receive Morse signals , or use one
of the Web SDR (Software Defined Radio) web sites.
WEB SDR
(Software Defined Radio) SITES.
The very first Web SDR was in Netherlands and it's still on the
web: http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/
WebSDR.org has a very good list of SDR receivers online: http://www.websdr.org/
rx-tx.info
has a massive list of Web SDRs to listen on: https://rx-tx.info/table-sdr-points
and they also has a map where you can see the locations of the
various Web SDR receivers. https://rx-tx.info/map-sdr-points
ReceiverBook.DE
from Germany has a good list with some unique receivers not listed
elsewhere: https://www.receiverbook.de/
Map view HERE.
W1TP's great information on SDR's here.
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