Ham University - Morse Training and Testing
QST Review by Dan Miller November 2001
Actual Morse code lessons are accessed by clicking on ?Lessons.¦ You must first put a Lesson Plan together. This is easily accomplished following the directions guided by Morris the Cat?an animated cat who assists by describing each function the mouse pointer indicates. My favorite method is the ?Exercise¦ approach done by copying with the keyboard. What you type is shown in the lower panel. At the end of the exercise, you can compare what you typed with the sent message displayed in the upper panel. Variables that you can manually adjust include speed in words per minute, character speed, message length and word length. In addition to all this, Ham University offers a Morse game called PENTODE. The object is to build a large number of points in a short period of time. These points are received by connecting two or more tiles (the more the better), each containing the same character, as a diode (side by side), triode, tetrode or pentode. Personally, I found the game far less exciting than the speed exercise to copy Morse on the keyboard in the shortest possible time.
Conclusion
Ham University is an excellent tool for anyone wishing to use a computer to study for an Amateur Radio license, regardless of which level they wish to pursue. Of course, my recommendation is to use such a program in conjunction with a class. In the absence of such a class, Ham University provides everything you need to go from ground zero all the way to Amateur Extra-in the comfort of your own living room.
I-d be remiss in this review if I neglected to mention something else. Displayed at the top of each page of the instruction booklet is a flag of a foreign country. Next to the flag is the appropriate country name, accompanied by its latitude and longitude, CQ Zone number and call sign prefix. This is a very nice touch, adding to the educational and instructional factor of the Ham University program.
NuCode 1.1
Learn Morse code quickly, without gimmicks, then pass the FCC 5wpm code test Learn Morse code as quickly as possible and without gimmicks. The structured course lessons are based on an adaptation of the Koch method. If you can successfully complete the lessons then you are certain to pass the FCC 5 wpm code test. No previous knowledge ...
NuMorse 1.91
Morse code trainer for Windows, useful to Novice and Expert. Output via soundcard, PC speaker, hardware port (for driving oscillator or transmitter) or semaphore window. Code sources include a realistic QSO generator, random text and text files. NuMorse ...
County Hunter Spotting Utility 1.2.0
This program is a county hunter spotting utility for ham radio operators. This program is a spotting utility for amateur (ham) radio operators who are interested in county hunting. There are awards for working all 3077 counties in the U.S. This software helps to post spotted mobile hams in the county hunting chat room. ...
NuMorse Professional 1.620
Morse code trainer for Windows, useful to Novice and Expert. Soundcard required This is the code trainer that has everything. Play code from a variety of sources such as text files, random generators, your keyboard or even other programs. Send the code to your soundboard, audio files, a tone generator/transmitter and even an on-screen ...
TrueTTY 2.75
A program for amateur radio digital communications via a sound card. Supported modes are RTTY (Baudot code), ASCII (7 or 8 bits), PSK31 (BPSK and QPSK), BPSK63, BPSK125, AMTOR-FEC (SITOR-B, NAVTEX), MFSK16, MFSK8. HF-PACKET and UHF-PACKET (AX25) are supported ...
CwType morse terminal 1.70
The terminal program for CW-operators (amateur radio). You can transmit both from the keyboard and from the paddle connected to a joystick or LPT connector. While operating in paddle iambic mode sending (the memory of a unit of the symbol) is possible ...
Radio Explorer 2.5
Graphic viewer for shortwave radio broadcasting and programming schedules. Displays data in a tree-like expandable table, on a 24-hour Gantt chart, and on a world map with greyline and frequency colouring. Developed in Java and runs with multiple operating ...
CwGet morse decoder 1.50
Program to decode Morse code (CW) via sound card to text. It can work as narrow-band sound DSP-filter also. No additional hardware required - your need only receiver and computer (5x86-133 or better) with sound card. Can cooperate with RZ4AG AAlog logger ...
59+ Log 1.4
Ham radio logging program. Supports DXCC, IOTA, WAC, WPX and other awards. ...
Script Styler Suite 1.0.3
Script Styler Suite for the creation and production of media styled developments Script Styler Suite - tools for the creation and production of media styled productions. The Script Styler suite provides an unparralled set of features for the creation and development of scripts for tv, film, and radio, and then goes further to provide ...
