- Learning CW - Koch Method by N1IRZ (the ONLY way, in MY opinion).
- The Art & Skill of Radio Telegraphy - Book by N0HFF(now SK), William G. Pierpont (1 Mb.). Freeware. Local copy here
- A Beginner's Guide to Making CW Contacts - Article by Jack Wagoner WB8FSV.
- HFRadio.org - NW7US Morse Code (CW) Radio Center
See eHam reviews here Koch Method CW Trainer for Windows
The program supports international characters, define them in the setup menu. You can also download CommonNor.zip with files containing common norwegian words. Unzip the file to the "word files" directory in the directory where Koch Trainer is installed. Here is another list of common english words.
It's possible to record the session to a wave or mp3 file for later use. I have on several occasions recorded stories and articles in morse code onto a minidisk for playing while I am driving. This way I can read and drive at the same time, right ..?
- Just learn Morse Code written by LB3KB. Uses the Koch approach, emphasizes on keyboard copy. Also has options for increasing proficiency once the basic code is learned, by sounding out a user-selectable number of the 1000 most common english words. To use word lists in your own language, use "Text Lines" as the source in the source menu, and it will ask you for an input file every time you click play. I suggest potential users stay away from the visual morse alphabet, available as an selectable option. You cannot learn fluent morse by counting dots and dashes and comparing them to visual images to find out what they really mean. I'm not quite sure if the keyboard copy is such a great idea for everybody either. You might end up connecting the "sound images" of the code directly to keys on the keyboard, instead of letters in your head. If you're an excellent typist it might work, if not, I'd rather concentrate on learning the code before learning to to type. There are actually quite a few stories about war time morse code typists, typically women, that knew exactly what key to press to copy down the code, but had no idea of the content of the received messages, since they linked the code directly to the keyboard.
- CWPlayer by F6DQM. A very interesting morse trainer, with a plethora of functions. Especially the QUIZ part is probably good for reflex keyboard training. It generates both noise and QSB. Local copy is here. This program is definately worth a look.
- MorseGen is a simple program, the purpose of which is to generate Morse Code at whatever speed you feel comfortable reading, according to G4ILO. Local copy of MorseGen here
- MorseCat by DK5CI - A good program for learning Morse with the Koch method. If you can't download from there, I secured a copy that you can download from here.
- Morse Midi by VE3NEA - Converts text to morse code in midi format. I also have a local copy here.
- SuperAldis LB5KE's very cool Aldis lamp / Heliograph simulator. An aldis lamp is the lamp used for visual morse code communication between warships during radiosilence. It is still in use in the Norwegian Navy today.
- MorseRunner A nice Contest trainer by VE3NEA for Windows, local copy here This is a quite new and freeware contest trainer with pileup capabilities and competition mode. Scores can be posted on the Internet. I've also tested this thing with WINE in Mandrake Linux 10.1, and it works flawlessly. So this is just as good for Linux as for Windows XP.
- Pilemania is a technically good pileup trainer for Windows. Local copy is here. The user interface is a bit basic, but the audio and pileups are very nice. This software is also freeware.
- MorseTest is a simple "Contest simulator" aimed at helping non-highspeeders aquiring the skill required to wet one's feet in one of the major CW contests. By G4ILO.
Local copy of MorseTest is here. Read the instructions on the authors web page on how to use MorseTest, as there are no instructions in the software itself.
- RufzXP At last RUFZ is available for WinXP ! This is kind of a computergame for Morsecode nerds. View the toplist here. I guess one can call this a list of "Who's who" in the world of highspeed telegraphy. Local copy available here.
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- RUFZ Also check out this, for improving your receiving skills. When I first tried it my score was around 7000. After a couple of tries I was up to around 9000 with 225 cpm speed. My current RUFZ score is 32011 and 320(357 max) cpm. Download RUFZ v3.2 Check out the RUFZ toplist here.
- Also check out PED Pileup trainer, which is an excellent tool for contest and DXpedition training. It actually generates pileups with up to 16 stations calling at the same time.
Download PED 5.19
Both of the above programs are for MSDOS, and will not run under newer windows versions. That's quite a pity since they are both excellent pieces of software. The PED actually sounds like a real pileup. It's actually worth taking the hassle of firing up an old dos box, just to make these two programs work. I have them running on an old Toshiba 440cdx laptop, where they work without sound drivers ! (Rufz is now available for WinXP here)
- www.morsecode.dutch.nl - The "Ultimate Morse Code Web Site" or so they call it.
- N9BOR Morse code links, is a good link collection.
- HSC Radio Telegraphy High Speed Club.
- K3WWP Morse code stories.
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