[CW] Morse Decoder in Python?

[Benny K5KV]

THE CODE CHART BEHIND THE J-38 KEY IS THE INTERNATIONAL RADIO CODE.  THE
CODE SENT OVER SOUNDERS VIA LANDLINE WAS A DIFFERENT AMERICAN MORSE CODE.

SEE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Morse_code

NOTICE THE LETTERS C, O, & R FOR DIFFERENCES IN THE CODE.

IF YOU NEED SOME EXPERT HELP, SEE  http://morsetelegraphclub.com/

73
BENNY K5KV

On Sun, Sep 22, 2024 at 9:25 PM James <kk4eou at gmail.com> wrote:

> ALCON:
>
> I am a member of a radio club that operates aboard the battleship USS
> Wisconsin which now is a museum (https://n4wis.org/).  We operate from
> two of the ship’s spaces, one has modern-day radio gear and the other has
> WW2-era radio gear, and for the latter we have some Cracker Jack operators
> that use Morse Code to make contacts.
>
> Separately, my father is a member of a model railroad club that has an
> interactive telegraph display (https://avmrc.com/).  It has a Morse Code
> key, sounder and video display driven by a Raspberry Pi single-board
> computer.  More specifically, the Pi runs a Python program that decodes a
> Morse Code message tapped out on the straight key.  Visitors to the Club
> find the telegraph station a very interesting and fun activity.  See the
> attached photo.
>
> I have been asked to put together a similar interactive Morse Code station
> aboard the Wisconsin so that our visitors -especially kids- can try their
> hand at sending CW.  While the railroad club’s telegraph station is a good
> start, I would like to take a different approach requiring us to implement
> our own Morse decoder program.
>
> Yes, there are quite a number of websites and computer programs available
> on the Internet that I could use as a “go by” example.  I **could** pick
> one at random and give it a try but that would be akin to a try-and-error
> approach.  I would rather “crowd source” the experience and expertise of
> everyone in this forum for recommendations for a robust and capable Morse
> Code decoder program.  Most desirable would be a program written in the
> Python programming language so that I could easily tailor the code to our
> club’s desire whether that is going to be on a Windows platform or on a
> Raspberry Pi.
>
> So if you would, please let me know if you have a good recommendation for
> a Morse Code decoder program.  I will then see what I can do to adopt the
> source code to make an interactive station that our visitors can try.
>
> 73s to all.
>
> James Hull
> KK4EOU
>
> Sent from my Glade air freshener.
>
> [image: image0.jpeg]
>
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