Software for use in conjunction with, or for facilitating Morse communication.
Richard Everitt G4ZFE richard@babbage.demon.co.uk. Based on
sccw by Steve Merrifield.
CW pileup training program
v1.0. Stable but extra development planned.
01 Apr 97
Linux supported sound card
CW pileup trainer (similar to PED) based on sccw. Up to 9 stations calling at once with variable CW speed and tone/volume to simulate a pileup. Callsigns are taken from the 1996 CQ WW CW contest entry of M6A to add some realism.
I fed /usr/dict/words to the program and it was quite a chuckle. So even if you aren't into Morse it is worth trying out just for the giggle.
You can obtain the pileup package from its home site at:
Pileup Home Page or
sunsite.unc.edu
GNU GPL
Richard Everitt G4ZFE richard@babbage.demon.co.uk.
Marcin Skubiszewski, Marcin.Skubiszewski@inria.fr.
24 rue de l'Oasis, 92800 Puteaux, France
A program to learn Morse code (for various Unix-like platforms)
Production release
01 Apr 97
Works on many Unix-like systems, including Linux. On linux it works with or without X11 or a Soundcard.
bip offers a very wide range of options that make it very suitable as a code practice program. It can send text from text file or random character groups but it has a range of other features. Some of these are
Not available online, but anyone can write to
Marcin.Skubiszewski@inria.fr for a copy of the source code.
Shareware $10.
Marcin Skubiszewski, Marcin.Skubiszewski@inria.fr.
G. Forrest Cook, WB0RIO, cook@stout.atd.ucar.edu
cw2hex converts ascii text into Hex files for making keyer
EPROMS.
version 1.1 is tested and ready to go.
01 Apr 97
standalone textual program, requires gcc to compile
This program takes a textual input and converts it to morse encoded characters in the form of a standard Intel HEX file. The Hex file can be used to program an EPROM which can then be connected to a simple circuit that generates canned messages. Possible uses are CW calling machines and CW beacon transmitter keyers. There is an accompanying schematic for a keyer circuit that works with this software.
You can obtain cw2hex from
www.atd.ucar.edu
GNU Copyleft
G. Forrest Cook, WB0RIO
Steve Merrifield, VK3ESM, sjm@ee.latrobe.edu.au
Morse Code practice for Linux, using a soundcard
Completed
01 Apr 97
Linux supported soundcard with FM support.
This program generates morse code characters using the soundcard. It does not rely on the Linux virtual console sound features and may therefore be used either with X11 or from a virtual console. Its features include:
The software may be obtained from its home site at: livewire.ee.latrobe.edu.au.
Berkeley style copyright. The software may be freely used so long as credit is given to the original author.
Steve Merrifield, VK3ESM
Alan Cox, GW4PTS, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
A Morse Code trainer that uses the PC internal speaker
stable, works quite well, unfinished.
01 Apr 97
Linux, any version
Alan wrote this small program in only an hour. It is quite neat, and allows you to play morse at a range of speeds and frequencies through the PC internal speaker. You can specify the text to be played either from the command line, from a file, or the program is capable of generating random character groups. As it stands you must invoke the program from a Linux Virtual Console, as it relies on certain kernel calls to produce the sound, and these don't work as easily from an XTerm. As it sounds each character it lists the character in verbal form (Di, Dit, Dah etc.) to the screen. Alan is hoping that someone will take the code and enhance it with the features he has listed in the comments at the head of the source file.
I've had a large number of responses from people seeking this code, so I've obtained Alan's permission to make it available. You can obtain it from sunsite.unc.edu.
GNU Public License 2, freely redistributable, no warranty.
Joe Dellinger, joe@sep.stanford.edu, jdellinger@trc.amoco.com, joe@soest.hawaii.edu
A morse-code practice program for UNIX workstations.
Quite stable
01 Apr 97
Currently supports X11, Sun4, HP, Indigo, and Linux
Lots of features and options. Includes a utility for generating random content QSOs, similar to those used in the FCC exams.
morse.tar.gz can be obtained from:
sepftp.standford.edu.
Freely Redistributable
Brian Suggs, AC6GV, and John Gotts