RST Engineering wrote:
I'm looking about to find some text files for my Morse Code program that are
of the current exam variety, that is, plain English. I can find a lot of
them that are of the "rrr fb cpy hr om rig is ysu 101dx es wx is rn"
instead of the current format with spelled out words and few, if any
abbreviations.

I'm not trying to cheat the exam, but I want my students to practice on
something that will resemble the real thing. Any pointers?

Eric S. Raymond, of gnu software fame, has been working on a replace-
ment for the venerable "morse" program for unix (and for Windows
systems with Cygwin installed, I think). He has cleaned up morse
a _lot, and added some very nice features which make it a great
Morse code trainer, and has added an entirely new program, QSO, which
generates text files such as one would get from the distant end of a
Morse contact.

Examples, in which "+ %" are shorthand for the AR and SK prosigns:

$ ./QSO
W0PBV de G0GWA
QTH is College Pass, Rhode Island.
UR RST 126=126.
My rig runs 270 watts into a rhombic up 250 meters.
Do you listen to Radio Peace Peoples Republic of Korea?
Name is Peter.
I live at 1010 Springwood.
My age is 18.
I am a systems analyst.
I am a General class ham.
Hows my signal?
WX is partly cloudy and 53 degrees.
I sometimes monitor ulf for earthquake precursors.
+ %
W0PBV de G0GWA

$ ./QSO
WB7EEL de IK5AAX
QTH is Quebec, North Carolina.
UR RST 555=555.
The rig is a Drake T=4XB running 40 watts.
Antenna is a half wave dipole up 10 m.
8y67fvgb oops cat on keyboard.
My name is Phil.
Did you attend ORU?
I am 23 years old.
I am a doctor.
I have been a Novice class ham for 11 years.
Can you pick kryptonite locks?
The WX is hot and windy and the temp is 31 degrees.
Do u understand English?
+ %
WB7EEL de IK5AAX

$ ./QSO
K9ALD de WA7VYJ
QTH is Tinker, Wisconsin.
UR RST 589=589.
My transceiver is a Heathkit HR=10.
It runs 20 watts into a doublet zepp.
Jacob here.
I am a clown.
Age is 31.
Tnx for ur call.
I have been licensed 2 years as Extra class.
It is smoggy.
How copy?
+ %
K9ALD de WA7VYJ

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Mike Andrews, KE5DMQ

Tired old sysadmin