Morse code

[fourstringburn]

Ok, I watched some YouTube videos on FT8CN. It does require a portable radio or your KK2 to interface with. This will work for portable operations like POTA,SOTA, etc.

As for true remote operation to your home station which I was looking for, There would have to be a dedicated FT8 remote /server client which nobody has developed yet.

I do see programs like RemoteTX and a few others that can be configured to work, but I think Team Viewer would be the way to go because all my auto-logging and other software will be running along with WSJT-X and I can see it.

Thanks for the information and I'll let the thread continue...

 

[Moleculo]

As for true remote operation to your home station which I was looking for, There would have to be a dedicated FT8 remote /server client which nobody has developed yet.

Any rig that supports full remoting capabilities on modes such as CW will support FT8 with proper remoting software. Icom and Flex support this and Elecraft has announced their beta app will be available early 2024. The rig needs native support for audio over Ethernet and rig control via IP. Keep in mind that the rigs that support this are all high end $$$$.

 

[ALIKILIT]

There are already some great recommendations here. For learning or manually checking Morse code, I think it's also worth understanding the code itself instead of relying only on automatic decoders. That way it's much easier to spot mistakes or recognize patterns by ear. When I want to quickly verify a message or practice encoding and decoding, I usually use https://morsecodetranslatr.com/ because it's simple and works well for everyday practice. Of course, for live CW signals, dedicated software like CW Skimmer is still hard to beat.

 

[BayouRadioAmplifier]

Your brain?

Yes, good one!

when I was a kid in the 70's, learning code for
the Novice Ticket. I would listen in the Novice Bands
and it was cool to decode it. I think around 7040 kHz
you can listen for slow code guys there nowadays.

you can listen for the aeronautical beacons for slow code ID.
most of them beacons are gone. Lafayette LA airport
still has them. On scratch money's webSDR.

But I was also in Boy Scouts back then also.
We had a Navy radio guy there teaching us
Morse Code. He had these "tools" or
"sayings" from the Navy to learn the code.
H is four dits. remember four heads sitting on a wall.
J is dit dah dah dah. remember Johanna and the 3 whales.
Joanna is the dit, three whales dah dah dah
B is dah dit dit dit. baseball. a bat and three balls.
C dah dit dah dit. camel and man, camel and man.
V is dit dit dit dah for victory.
We would send messages in Morse Code by flashlights.

back in the 70's us kids, in junior high school,
and high school, into CB, shortwave, and
Ham radio. building stuff with tubes.
in the Los Angeles area.

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