[Ham-Linux] Live or deceased?

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

Machine copy of CW works good for machine sent CW, but not so good for 
hand sent. I know a local ham who barely passed the 5 wpm code test by 
good guessing at the multiple choice questions but has DXCC on CW using 
only computer copying and sending. Sometimes I've seen FLDIGI copy 
halfway decently. There is a program used for cw band surveys that 
apparently copies hand sent decently. I've forgotten its name.

73, Jerry, K0CQ

On 7/4/2013 1:04 PM, Bill Cromwell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Well ya know,
>
> I replaced my OS a few months ago and changed mail software since
> Evolution (in the new distribution) refused to import what it only just
> hours before exported (in the old distribution). I had to rebuild my
> directory structure and filters as the messages came. Today is the first
> message from this list so now I have the directory and filter all set.
>
> I have started playing with the software a lot more and talking about it
> in other mail lists. I use fldigi as made for Linux in my Linux Mint OS
> and some packages that are for Windows-only running under WINE. I'll be
> looking at some more software but so far I am really liking fldigi,
> Spectran, Spectrum Lab, and ARGO. I am going to be testing fldigi and
> Spectran on an old IBM Thinkpad that would be ideal for field operations.
>
> I wonder how many list members are running those and what results with
> some of the older hardware. I've been using fldigi for psk and rtty, as
> a panadapter and plan to use it as a digital memory keyer on CW. I have
> not found *ANY* software or machine that will reliably copy CW in the
> *REAL WORLD*. I do not use it for that. Spectran serves very well as a
> panadapter AND it has some very effective but so easy to use audio
> filtering. Spectrum Lab has the same (and much, much, much more) but has
> a steep learning curve because it does so very much more.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill KU8H
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