[1000mp] CW Decoding

[Pete Smith]

Or you could use a 10:1 voltage divider (roughly) and run the cable into 
your sound card's mike jack.  Going the other way, that's how I get audio 
from my sound card into the microphone jack on my radio at about the right 
level.

73, Pete

At 09:13 AM 10/2/2004, you wrote:

>"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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