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A qsk qrq cw performance test for the Elecraft K3S from 100 wpm to 60 wpm....K3S set to FULL QSK, qrq cw mode enabled

RESULTS: at 100 wpm several of the dits were way too short causing harsh audio…

http://www.qsotoday.com/podcasts/w1hkj

EPISODE 044 - DAVID FREESE - W1HKJ…

WA0EIR has released a beta version of his new software cw keyboard for LINUX called  TWQRQ.

  Here is a short demo of TWQRQ sending a qrq cw file at 75 wpm.

- demo of WA0EIR's new beta software cw keyboard for LINUX - sending a qrq cw file made…

FROM: http://www.smashingapps.com/2016/04/01/10-free-pcb-design-software.html

"In this assortment...are...some[of the] best and free PCB design software..."

SEE LINK ABOVE for the full article

http://fritzing.org/download/…

FOR WINDOWS 10

FOR LINUX…

Nice little app; free;  lets you take audio from one sound card and send it to another sound card - with adjustable sample rate and buffer size…

Download this FREE APPLICATION HERE:

http://gillesdegottex.github.io/fmit/…

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This video demo's using iambic paddles that are plugged into a spare usb mouse in order to use its left and right buttons, to be activated when you close your iambic key's dit or dah paddle, with AD5DZ 's WebRTC MORSE CPO browser APP. …

YPLog has one of the best qrq cw keyboards for sending cw at very high speeds (over 70 wpm). Its audio output however, could use some filtering. This video shows 2 different types of audio filters used with YPLog when sending at QRQ levels, a cw text file.

1. first filter is a cw regenerative filter that recreates the original incoming cw notes from REAPER's native apps..

- audio in threshold to trigger a midi note out via REAGATE

- a cw audio note synthesizer keyed by…

Joe, KF7CX,  has just released his new circuit design for making your own high performance cw regenerator:  KF7CX QRQ CW RENGERATOR CIRCUIT

 It will take a…

CWirc is a LInux plugin for Xchat that was originally designed to send morse code over an irc channel.  

This video shows how to adapt the CWirc plugin in order to use it to send cw with your PADDLES, BUG OR KEY by "keying" the CWirc APP,  and send morse code audio tones to your computer sound card.  You can use if to key your RIG(with an audio derived…

Short competition (recorded live) between 2 very good qrq cw software keyboards - CwType verses YPLog -

sending a short text file from NASA NEWS, at 75 wpm. Timing is the main criteria since both keyboards are keying sineCW, a software code practice oscillator vst plugin, so they will "sound" the same for the most part, but how the cw is coded for precise morse [ element / spaces ] timing in software at qrq levels will be slightly different. YPLog has many adjustments…

Reaper, already installs with all the plugins you will need to create a customized and high quality sounding morse code practice oscillator.  Here is a short video showing the plugins in action.

(REAPER is available for all operating systems)  Here is a short video with an overview of this:

Reaper, has everything you need to make your…

Incredible new software audio mixer for your PC - Voicemeeter Banana

http://vb-audio.pagesperso-orange.fr/Voicemeeter/banana.htm…

The latest version of FLdigi, 3.22.10, now has its own, cw audio bandpass filter,

to help filter out any qrq cw edge noises made in TRANSMIT MODE.…

Here are some videos about setting up QRQ CW apps on the LINUX PLATFORM…

This video demonstrates 5 different cw keyboard programs - just an overview of each one.( there are other videos that will go over the details of each one) These 5 cw keyboard programs were selected because they have adjustable cw timing parameters for weight, dot/dash ratio, rise/fall time, compensation etc...

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THESE KEYERs SEE:

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This video is an overview and demonstration of some of the best cw apps out there for the windows operating system. First shown is how to hook up your paddles, bugs and keys all at the same time, to a program called ehoCW, so you can use any of them, any time on your computer. (ehoCw uses a serial port or USB to serial port adapter for attaching your paddles, bugs…

HERE ARE THE CW SOFTWARE KEYERS mentioned:

1, ehoCW

http://www.f8eho.net/

2. dahdidah cw keyer

http://echo.qsonet.com/viewtopic.php?forumid=10&topicid=785

3. Morse Keyer…