[1000mp] CW Decoding

[Bob Main]

"Line In" is occupied with my PSK stuff, but guess I could get another 
Y-connector.

Bob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr at contesting.com>
To: "All about Yaesu 1000mp" <1000mp at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: [1000mp] CW Decoding


> Run a cable from the AF Out jack (or a headphone jack, for that matter), 
> to the line input on your sound card.  With any of these programs that 
> will give you much better control over ambient room noiise, etc.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
>
> At 08:35 AM 10/2/2004, you wrote:
>
>>I am trying to get back into CW, although never really was in it to start 
>>with.  One of the things I want to work on is my sending.  On the Mark V 
>>when you are in the CW mode you can "send" and hear your signal over the 
>>speaker.  So I thought it would be easy to put a microphone over the 
>>speaker and let the program decode my sending.  My logic was if the 
>>program can decode it correctly then a human or another program can decode 
>>it equally as well.  So I've been trying to figure out how to do it for 
>>the past few weeks and haven't had any luck.  The only one where I got 
>>anything was Hamscope, but it gave noise when there was no sound in the 
>>room at all so I tried others.  I tried CWGet.  It would show the signal 
>>but it never would decode it even when I made sure the line was on my 
>>"signal".  It worked "fine" for real signals.  The other day someone on 
>>here mention CWDecoder and I went and found it and couldn't get it to do 
>>anything, including showing the signal.  Bottom line the microphone over 
>>the speaker doesn't work.  Anybody have any other ideas?
>>
>>So does anybody have any ideas?  For what it is worth I plan to do the 
>>copying, not some program, which is another big reason it is taking so 
>>long to get back into this.  I have used the two programs above to listen 
>>to some code while I practiced copying it.   More than once I heard one 
>>character and the program would some something different.  So I still go 
>>by the old thing that you can't beat the human ear for pulling the signal 
>>out of the noise.
>>
>>Also for those who are into CW I have not made THE mod yet and the biggest 
>>reason is so far I haven't really done anything on the air.  When it gets 
>>tot the point that I have enough confidence to get on the air with it and 
>>I plan to stick with it, then I will consider it.  Until then, it isn't 
>>worth the time or trouble.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Bob
>>KB4CL
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