Learning Morse? This is NOT a code
learning application and doesn’t claim to be – it is designed for
events/demos (and youngsters) so if you want to learn CW “properly”,
there are much better applications out there for that purpose.
The Idea
To demonstrate Morse Code to youngsters (and the young-at-heart) at
local club events. By sending a series of letters in Morse Code, the
program aims to encourage an interest in the mode through skill as well
as memory. The idea came about as our local club, the
Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society wanted to do more than just “shout into a microphone” during special events.The coding (excuse the pun) is rather crude, simply picking
any random letter and recording the key-stroke (or button press) to
determine what letter is being entered. There are additional
intro,
winner and
loser sound-effects, too. A laminated A4
crib-sheet
is provided to assist with the decoding of each letter but that’s not
to say that those comfortable with 15-20wpm QSO speeds won’t get some
fun out of this. In tests here, the game is rather addictive when used
with a touchscreen display. There is now an
Easy and
Hard mode – this gives you more/less time to guess the character!
CQmaps - Professional Maps for Amateur Radio, is extremely happy to
offer the Amateur Radio community a truly helpful station aid for your
Yaesu line of Rotor Controllers. Many of CQmaps' customers had been
asking for an Azimuthal Projection Insert Map
for their controllers and we answered! Your Great Circle map will
feature the same 4 inch diameter world view as the dial of the
controller. Since the map is centered on your qth, dialing in your DX
just became much easier.
