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Morse Code Practice Page

Welcome to the morse practice page. This page is designed to help you learn and practice Morse Code. There are also other pages which cover the morse code itself and a few hints on how to approach learning the code

This page will generate morse code consisting of groups of random characters and there are 25 characters per group (5 sets of 5 characters). You can pick which group of characters you wish to be tested on: the alphabet, the numbers or punctuation (inc luding prosigns) or all three. The computer creates a .au audio file and sends that to your browser so your browser (or helper application) needs to be capable of handling these files. You will also need a sound card or similar to be able to hear the morse.

New Features:
RSS Newsfeeds - copy the current headlines from a variety of online news sources including the BBC and the NY Times. There are 5 headlines per code group.
Code timing modified - the code was a little slower than the specified speed due to an error in the software. This has been fixed but you may find the code seems slightly faster than it used to.
The QSO with questions option has been fixed so it no longer uses multiple choice questions, you have to enter your answer with no other information to guide you, just as in the real test.

Choose your desired code speed (FCC tests are 5wpm, 15wpm farnsworth)
Generate group of code sent at wpm using character speed of
Choose your content
Level 1 - learning the letters and numbers letters (a-z)
    Letter groups (You can select multiple groups)


numbers (0-9)
Amateur Callsigns (Letters and Numbers)

 

Level 2 - Punctuation punctuation (, . / ? AR BT SK KN)
    Punctuation groups (You can select multiple groups)
Level 3 - Letters, numbers and punctuation

All of the above

 

Level 4 - Live RSS News Feeds Copy RSS Headlines from:
(may be slower due to live network connections)
Level 5 - Practice QSO QSO
Level 6 - Practice FCC Exam QSO with questions
     
   

Code Details:

  • The Method describes how the computer will create the code. The Farnsworth method uses a character speed of 18wpm with extra space inserted to lower the overall speed of the code. If you choose a speed higher than 18wpm, the character speeds and spaces are proportional to the wpm. The True Timing method creates code where both character speed and spaces are correct for the chosen speed, eg characters at 5wpm, with spacing correct for a speed of 5wpm.
  • The Speed is the number of words per minute the code will be sent at.
  • The Group Size is the number of groups of text to be generated. Each group consists of 5 sets of characters, each set having 5 letters, giving a total of 25 letters per group. If you select real words, each group will contain 5 words of varying length. If you select Callsigns, there will be 5 callsigns per group. NB: More groups means larger sound files which means longer downloading times...

Please mail any comments to the author: simon@AA9PW.com.
Last Modified: April 6, 2004