![]() ![]() Adjust the input level until you see approximately To achieve the second goal you will need to connect the sidetone from you radio to your PC's sound card input. ![]() That way you have to work out the spelling in your head - exactly as you would do on the air. To achieve the first goal, the software will speak words to you. My philosophy in designing this addition to the software is firstly that words should be presented to you as closely as they would come into your head during a QSOĪnd secondly that you should be using your radio's keyer for practicing as this replicates exactly how you would send Morse during a QSO. One of the new features of Version 10 is the Sending Trainer which becomes available once you have learned the 40 built in Morse characters and any new ones Again, this only works after you have learned all of the built in characters and any that you may have defined. Oh, and by the way, if you simply want to listen to a text file in Morse Code, drag it onto the main window and it will be sent for you with each word appearing On the Morse as your subconscious brain is working hard to learn what it hears. You do not have to concentrate all the time I have found and also had it confirmed to me that you should listen to the book for several hours as you go about your daily routine. It will be in the same folder as the original text file. You should now have a Morse Audio version of your chosen book to listen to. Or a WAV file if you want to burn the result onto a CD. You have the option to create an MP3 file for an MP3 file player You should see the window turn red and the progress bar move steadily across the window as the Audio Book is created. Now click on 'Record Text File' in the 'Files' menu of the Morse Trainer and a window should open as in the image below:įinally either drag the text file of the book onto the popup window or use the File button and browse to it. You save the file as ANSI and not UTF-8 for the software to work correctly. Next open the downloaded text file in Notepad and remove any text which does not form part of the story, for example the index, and which you would not wish to listen to. To get started, visit The Gutenberg Press, chose a book from their large selection and download it Note, that like many other options, this one onlyīecomes available once you have learned all of the built in characters and any that you have defined yourself. Version 9 was able to convert text to Morse, but this version makes it even simpler. And what better way toĭo that than listening to an audio book in Morse Code? One of the more effective ways of learning to copy conversational Morse in your head is not by listening to random words, but by listening to whole sentences. This method is known as Wordsworth and is active when recording audio books in Morse as discussed in the next section. This method gives you a chance to assimulate a word or group In this mode Morse characters are sent at full speed with the correct spacing and only the spaces between words or groups are extended to the Effective Speed. Care should be taken when choosing an Effective Speed to make sure that you do not go below the 10 WPM plateau speed which willĪllow your brain to run its lookup table and so adversely affect your learning. ![]() In this mode every Morse character is extended in duration to the chosen Effective Speed. The trainer offers two types of 'Effective Speed' depending on the Effective Speed setting in the top righthand corner of the Setup window shown above. The Effective Speed setting in the main window, shown above, modifies the overall length of the Morse characters by sending the character at the 'Actual Speed' and then padding out the rest of theĬharacter period with silence to achieve the the 'Effective' sending speed. The RSGB and they have given me permission to reproduce it here.Īs well as giving useful tips on learning Morse, the video talks about the operation of the new version and which is, In 2018 I was invited to give a lecture at the RSGB Convention about techniques for learning Morse which was recorded by Language learning skills are just as applicable to Morse as they are to French or German, for example. ![]() Into how we learn Morse and it has become clear that Morse is a language just like French or German. QSL card as a download acknowledgement and the software has achieved DXCC Honour Roll in its right over the years.Īs well as the QSL cards, I have had lots and lots of interesting conversations with different people about their learning Since it first became available back in 2002, my Morse trainer has been downloaded countless times. With a new look and enhanced functionality, I am pleased to announce Version 10 of my CW trainer is here: ![]()
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