In article , Geoffrey S.
Mendelson wrote:

I would hate to be the guy to design such a device,
it would not be a trivial project.

Actually it is quite trivial. There is lots of digital decoding software
for the PC out there and morse code is one of the simplest forms of
digital encoding. Since probably 99% of all high speed code is machine
generated, either by computer or keyer, it's uniform enough to be
easily decoded.
A web search on "morse code decoding programs" found plenty, and
this is probably the cheapest device on the market:

http://www.mfjenterprises.com/Produc...ductid=MFJ-461


Great, I will also search the web for others, as you suggested.

I can see I have quite a lot to catch up on. With any luck,
my books should arrive today at my rural post office.

Really looking forward to getting back, only hope my
ancient brain is up to the task.

Most of my neurons have mutated into morons,
my synapses have not snapped in ages. My brain has
shrunk so much that I am afraid to shake my head,
for fear of hearing a rattling noise.

Mark

Mark Conrad wrote:

Really looking forward to getting back, only hope my
ancient brain is up to the task.

Most of my neurons have mutated into morons,
my synapses have not snapped in ages. My brain has
shrunk so much that I am afraid to shake my head,
for fear of hearing a rattling noise.

Search the web for CodeQuick. It's a Morse code course that teaches you
to copy code in the language part of your brain instead of the "beep" part.
This has two advantages, one it is independent of speed, so you don't have to
learn 5,13,20,35,etc, you just learn it once and work up your speed.

The second is that since it works in your language center, it works in
a part of your brain that is still in use and still active.

The disadvantage is it uses "sound alike" phrases to help you learn code
and you need to put enough effort into the practice that you stop using them
automaticly.

I like to say that I have a photographic memory, but I ran out of film
about 10 years ago.

Geoff.


--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM
New word I coined 12/13/09, "Sub-Wikipedia" adj, describing knowledge or
understanding, as in he has a sub-wikipedia understanding of the situation.
i.e possessing less facts or information than can be found in the Wikipedia.

In article , Geoffrey S.
Mendelson wrote:


Search the web for CodeQuick. It's a Morse code course that teaches you
to copy code in the language part of your brain instead of the "beep" part.
This has two advantages, one it is independent of speed, so you don't have to
learn 5,13,20,35,etc, you just learn it once and work up your speed.

One of my heros was a MARS station operator in the army.

He sat leaning back in his spring-back chair listening to what I would
call random static. Somewhere in that static was a 60 wpm CW
station that he was listening to as if it was a language, not just CW.

Best I could muster was 40 wpm, on a fairly strong CW signal.


BTW, my books finally arrived, I jumped right in studying for my
extra class exam'.

I have a plan, I am going to start at the top, then work my way
down to novice level. Great Minds are like that.

It should take me at least a 2 months to reclaim my extra class
license, so I will have plenty of time to decide on what kind
of rig to buy.

Mark