[CW] QRQ headcopy trainer

[pa0wv via CW]

When you exercise plain text words for QRQ head copy, you are less and 
less presented with difficult words with maturing proficiency.

It is a better method to present you solely with the difficult words.
The trainer will do.

Exercising program for QRQ head copy  (c) PA0WV

A list of most used common words is in bad.txt, separated bij car
return linefeed or 'enter'

Website http://pa0wv.home.xs4all.nl/CWtrainer/program

Change  the  batch  file  tr.bat by adding after  P2  /S  and  /T
parameters. Example P2 /S50 /T600 for speed 50 wpm and tone pitch
600 Hz. Default (without paramaters)  is 20 wpm and 600 Hz.
When  you  enter /TR instead of some fixed pitch you will  get  a
variable pitch, different for each word between 400 and 1400 Hz.

Download  all files bad.txt P1.exe P2.exe P3.exe space.wav and tr.bat 
in one directory of your PC running under windows.

Open  a DOS box go to the directories with the downloaded  files,
and start the program with the command tr

When windows mediaplayer is covering your monitor screen, make it
small down under with clicking on his - sign right above.

All words you copy all right at the first presentation are moved  to
a good.txt file and removed from the bad.txt file. So finally you
will be presented more and more with difficult words for you.

When you copy a word correct, you are asked to proceed or stop (Y), in 
which case the updated files bad.txt and good.txt are stored.

You don't have to watch the monitor screen, because wrong decoded
words  are repeated after typing in,  and a correct word requires
an additional enter to go on, or Y to stop.

The program doesn't work on 64 bit machines, without recompilation
of the sources.

User comments are welcome on my amsat.org address.