Morse Trainer The Morse Trainer is a program to help a user learn Morse code with the Koch Method.
Usage
This section describes how to use the Morse Trainer interface.
Start/Stop Button
The Start/Stop button is used to start and stop a training session. The Morse Trainer will send words of 2-7 characters. While the Morse Trainer is sending, the user enters the characters heard on the keyboard. These characters will appear in the Analysis box. At the end, the sent characters are compared to the characters the user entered and an analysis report is created.
If the button says "Copied", then the user has used the Paper mode. The user may copy the values from paper to the analysis window and then press Copied to go to analysis.
Frequency
The frequency of the tone in Hertz can be set via the slider at all times or text box while not sending.
WPM and Farnsworth WPM
The words per minute and Farnsworth words per minute can be set via the slider at all times or text box while not sending. The WPM will always be greater than or equal to the Farnsworth WPM.
WPM is the rate of sending of each letter. A word is defined at 50 dot-length elements or the length of "PARIS".
Farnsworth words per minutes lets the individual letters be sent at the WPM speed but the space between letters is increased.
Duration
The duration in seconds of the sending can be set via the slider at all times or text box while not sending. The actual sending time may be slightly longer than the duration as the entire word is completed before stopping.
Start Delay
The start delay in seconds of the sending can be set via the slider or text box while not sending. This delay allows the user to prepare to start listening.
Timed Stop Delay/Paper
The stop delay in seconds of the sending can be set via the slider or text box while not sending. This delay allows the user to enter the final few characters heard before the analysis is done.
Paper is used when the user wants to listen and record on paper, and then enter the string. The start/stop will show "Copied" and the user presses it when the user has completed copying the string into the trainer.
Volume
The volume of the sending can be set via the slider at all times or text box while not sending.
Koch/Custom
There are two methods for determining the characters sent. Koch is for the Koch method where characters are introduced in a specific order when the user can accurately record 90% of characters sent in 5 minute sessions.
Koch Character
The Koch character drop-down lets the user select which up to which character to send. Only characters up to and including the Koch character are sent.
Favor New
The Favor New is a checkbox that 25% of the time takes one of the last 4 Koch characters to reinforce the more newly learned characters.
Custom String
When the user selects Custom, the characters are taken from the Custom String. Repeated characters will make the character more likely. Use , , and for these prosigns.
Context Menu
Right click in the form area to bring up the context menu.
Reset Defaults
Settings are saved when Morse Trainer is closed. Use Reset Defaults to delete the current configuration file, create a new default file, and apply them.
Prosign Key Assignment
The Prosign Key Assignment option brings up a tool dialog that lets the user specify a key which should be typed when the user hears the BT, SK, or AR prosigns. Select the appropriate text box and type the key to be used for that prosign.
About
The About menu option brings up the About dialog with the license information.