MorseTest

If you're one of the many hams whose principal operating mode is SSB, then the easiest way to increase your enjoyment of the hobby is to use CW. If you disagree with that statement, then there's a good chance, if you're honest with yourself, that the reason is because you have never been good enough at Morse to make using it an enjoyable experience.

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Say what you like about Morse, there's no denying that code can make it when phone would be lost in the noise. And CW opens up the exciting possibility of going on the air using simple transmitters and receivers you can easily build. But if you struggle to copy CW, it's no fun at all.

Many proficient CW operators recommend operating during a major contest as a way to improve your speed. But there aren't contests every day. Now, with my new program MorseTest, you can have a CW contest any time you want. It's the most fun way to improve your Morse proficiency that I know of, and I guarantee that you'll notice an improvement after just a few hours.

MorseTest was intended to be a Morse proficiency builder, not a contest operating trainer. Subsequent to my developing MorseTest, VE3NEA released a very similar looking program called MorseRunner which is a much more realistic contest simulator. If you would like a contest simulator program that runs under Windows, try MorseRunner instead.

Requirements

  • PC running Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP or Vista.
  • Sound card configured as default wave output device.

MorseTest will also run under Linux using wine.

Terms and Conditions

This software is made available as-is, without any warranty or support. Since writing this program I have switched to Linux, so there will be no further development of this Windows software.

Downloads

The source code was compiled using Lazarus, an open source clone of Borland Delphi.

If you wish to provide a link to this program from your own web pages please link to this page, not directly to the download file.

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