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[Marc Federici]

I've found Morse Runner to be hard to use at a beginner level
without changing a ton of settings.

I've been using CWplayer to help with the  ICR(instant character
recognition). It's a free Windows application..

Start with a few characters like T E A N at first  Using the test mode when
you get to 80% out of 100 at a 5 second timing interval add in the next
group of letters and numbers like O I S 1 4.   Once you get all of
the letters numbers and ? / characters start working on lowering your
timing in CW player. Everytime you hit 80% on your letters and numbers,
lower the timer by a second until you get to a little under 2 seconds. This
will help with your ICR.

Once you get to the 2 second mark in CWplayer start using another Windows
program called RufzXP for call signs. Start at  6 WPM min character speed
25 and a max WPM of 18. RufzXP will auto increase the speed as you get
better. It will also give you stats on which characters you are weak on.
You can then quiz yourself in CWplayer to improve your ICR on the weak
characters you found with RufzXP.

73
-Marc

On Sun, Jan 7, 2024 at 8:54 PM Agustin Neron Properties LLC <
ab2e at comcast.net> wrote:

> John & anyone interested in practicing CW,
> A really great program to practice CW at any level (starts at 10wpm) is
> Morse Runner.
> Totally free https://www.dxatlas.com/MorseRunner/
> It's totally configurable, you can select 1 sender or many senders up to 9
> (simulates a contest with multiple people calling you, different speeds,
> even "lids"), also has QRM, flutter, and will sound like a real receiver
> with noise.
>
> It's a really cool tool,check it out.
>
> 73
> Darrell AB2E
>
>
> > On 01/07/2024 8:39 PM EST John Zaruba Jr. K2ZA via GCARC <
> gcarc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Per Marc’s suggestion, I gave the K1USN Slow Speed (con)Test (SST) a try
> tonight…
> >
> > Oh boy howdy, did I get schooled…My head copy fell apart during the 1st
> QSO and I struggled the rest of the hour.
> >
> > It was a reality check, I've been getting a little cocky lately copying
> 25 WPM on practice sessions with Morse Code Ninja on YouTube, but add in
> QRM, QSB, technical issues with my keyer and software, and it got a whole
> lot more difficult.
> >
> > It’s challenge and I’m excited to keep working on my skills.
> >
> > And I wasn’t dead last…lol
> >
> > 73 de John K2ZA
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