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CODE PRACTICE OSCILLATOR powered by any computer MIC JACK - no batteries needed - EVER -

Every computer MICROPHONE INPUT jack,  has its own voltage and current that is already built inside it, in order to power Electret Mics.  By modifying a very simple and low voltage square wave generator circuit to make use of this MIC VOLTAGE, a very simple and NO BATTERY NEEDED -  EVER -   code practice oscillator can be made using this circuit, the MIC JACK,  and  an AUDIO to MIDI technique to regenerate the original input…

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on February 9, 2014 at 2:30pm — 7 Comments

MIDI KEYED - MORSE CODE SINE WAVE OSCILLATOR - with free software

This is an experiment in using free VST PLUGINS to create a MIDI KEYED morse code sine wave oscillator(software). It is "keyed" by MIDI INPUT. You can also use this midi setup to regenerate morse code audio tones from another source. FLdigi is used in the video for this purpose. Using MIDI to key a software CPO, shows great promise, since the accuracy of midi input keying is far superior to using a SERIAL PORT for this kind of a setup, in regards to accurate timing. Even at extreme QRQ CW…

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on January 21, 2014 at 9:06am — 18 Comments

Advanced QRQ CW training with MIXXX and FREE VST PLUGINS

This video demonstrates an advanced method for qrq training with MIXXX using FREE VST PLUGINS to regenerate the exact incoming cw audio tones and recreate them with a FREE software CPO called BIPPER, - filter the final audio product - for audiophile quality qrq cw morse code audio tones. As an example, an audio mp3 file was made using FABIAN's ebook2cw program and then loaded into MIXXX for playback. The unique features on MIXXX make it a versatile training tool for qrq cw training;…

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on January 16, 2014 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Filtering QRQcw audio tones with free software

The following Video demonstrates a method to filter QRQ CW morse code audio tones with free software:

 

If you are interested in trying this setup please see this video RE: JACKROUTER SETUP for WINDOWS 7…

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on January 16, 2014 at 9:30am — 3 Comments

FLDIGI OVER THE INTERNET

 

FLDIGI over the INTERNET

How to send any FLdigi digital mode over the internet to any other online FLdigi OP(s)…

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on October 28, 2013 at 3:00pm — No Comments

HOME BUILT SPARK GAP CW TRANSMITTER

Added by Chuck aa0hw on April 28, 2013 at 5:29am — No Comments

Sending morse code over the internet with EhoCW

EhoCW has just released a new version which allows for multiple instances and the option of using WASAPI AUDIO.  WASAPI AUDIO DRIVERS are almost as good as ASIO DRIVERS in regards to cw timing accuracy and low latency.  Only EhoCW has the option to select WASAPI SOUND CARDS, no other software cw keyer was found that had this feature.  Two instances of EhoCW are used and setup exactly the same to send iambic morse code to two different sound cards - one instance to…

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on March 11, 2013 at 3:42pm — 6 Comments

IMPROVE YOUR QRQ CW COPY ON YOUR COMPUTER WITH THIS FREE SOFTWARE SETUP

Improve your qrq cw copy when listening to high speed morse code on your computer with this free software method

This video will demonstrate some unique challenges and solutions, when listening to high speed qrq cw morse code audio on your computer.…

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on February 25, 2013 at 3:29pm — 1 Comment

VIRTUAL AUDIO DEVICE - VB-AUDIO VIRTUAL CABLE

VB-AUDIO VIRTUAL CABLE

This VB-AUDIO VIRTUAL CABLE worked extremely well during my tests with FLDIGI and MUMBLE.  It never glitched…

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on February 21, 2013 at 7:00pm — 12 Comments

Using Virtual Serial Ports for Ham Radio - Dahdidah's Software CW Keyer

This video demonstrates how to bring up multiple instances of QsoNet's Dahdidah Cw Software Keyer using FABULATECH's VIRTUAL SERIAL PORT SPLITTER.  Four separate instances of Dahdidah are used  -  to hook up a cw keyboard, paddles, bug, and straight key, all at the same time.  Connections are made from your iambic paddle keyer output, cw keyboard keyer output, straight key and bug - to separate SERIAL PORT PINS : DCD, DSR, RI, CTS in order to send morse code on your…

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on February 19, 2013 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

QRQ FRIENDS REMEMBERED - A MEMORIAL TO W3NJZ and W9LRV of the FAST OPERATORS GROUP - FOG

Friends Remembered

 

The following is presented as a remembrance of two Fast Operator Group (FOG) members.  Ken, W9LRV, passed away in January 2013, and Fred, W3NJZ, passed away in March 2012.  Those of us…

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on February 5, 2013 at 6:00am — 2 Comments

THE HI-PER-MITE ACTIVE AUDIO CW BANDPASS FILTER IS AWESOME

I recently finished building my HI-PER-MITE cw filter.  I am very impressed at how well this filter performs  It may be one of the best active cw bandpass filters I have every used.   Here are my results from testing this awesome filter:

Here is a picture of my build…

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on February 1, 2013 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

The advantage of using an ASIO SOUND CARD when using your paddles with a software cw keyer on your computer

 

 A simple test was setup to determine how much latency there was,  

 from the time you tap one of the paddle handles, 

 until you actually hear the sidetone from…

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on January 16, 2013 at 3:00pm — 19 Comments

THE RETURN OF THE QRQ CW DOS PROGRAM - CWTERM -

CWTERM was one of the top choices in qrq cw sending software during the DOS computer era.

DOS seemed to be able to take complete control over the serial port and therefore, the timing and accuracy 

was very good when sending qrq cw to your rig…

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on January 15, 2013 at 4:30pm — 8 Comments

UPDATED and UPGRADED, NEW VERSION OF FABIAN's EBOOK2CW IS OUT

ebook2cw - convert ebooks to Morse

Current version:ebook2cwgui version: 0.1.1 - January 6th 2013

Here are the settings that I found, showing in the ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS options,

for making good quality CW mp3 files out of text.

Please see FABIAN's webpage for further instructions HERE

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on January 6, 2013 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

Clean up the audio on any WEBSDR WEBSITE online receiver with this free DSP software setup.

This video will demonstrate a free software setup to get rid of the audio distortion you hear when listening to any of the WEBSDR websites, since they have bandwidth limits and have to use low sample rates for their audio streaming.

This same method will also help to clean up your own RIGs audio, or even an mp3 or wave file of some morse code recording.

 

 HERE IS THE LINK TO THE VIDEO:

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on December 31, 2012 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

Test results of sending qrq cw sending over GOOGLE VOICE

I tested GOOGLE VOICE today to see how it would perform for sending and receiving qrq cw audio tones.  The cw sending software was FLdigi.  With the help of a free dsp software VSTplugin filter called:
 
THE ENGINEERS…
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Added by Chuck aa0hw on August 12, 2012 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments

Qrq cw qso via an internet remote keyed rig using all free software

Using the following free software, I was able to use my laptop and mouse to send iambic cw and FLdigi qrq to an internet remote controlled icom 735:

1, Fldigi…

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on January 27, 2012 at 7:00am — 1 Comment

Good website to practice qrq speed typing of the most common English words

This is a fun qrq typing high speed online free game with scoring etc...

very good for testing your qrq typing speed and discovering which of the most common English words you might need some more practice with for typing speed and typing accuracy in general

- and you just type the word, no punctuation is used on any of the words -…

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on December 31, 2011 at 8:14am — 1 Comment

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