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MORSE(1) | Education | MORSE(1) |
NAME¶
morse, QSO, morseX11, morseLinux, morseOSS, morseALSA - Morse-code trainer and QSO generator for aspiring radio hamsSYNOPSIS¶
morse
[-i] [-I] [-r] [-n num] [-R num] [-N num]
[-C charset] [-w num] [-f num]
[-v num] [-g num] [-f num] [-e] [-c] [-b]
[-a] [-l] [-m] [-t] [-T] [-s] [-q] [-p num] [-E num]
[-M num] [-d] [-A] [-B] [-S] [-x num]
[-X num] [ word...]
DESCRIPTION¶
The morse program is a Morse-code trainer intended to help aspiring radio hams pass the 5-word-per-minute Element 1 test. It can take test text from a text file on standard input, or test words from its command-line arguments, or generate random text (-r) or play back what you type (-i). A helper program, QSO, generates plausible QSOs that can be fed to the standard input of morse. The following options control the behavior of morse: -iPlay what you type.
-I
Like -i but don't turn off keyboard
echoing.
-r
Generate random text. Starts out slanted
towards easy letters, then slants towards ones you get wrong.
-n NUM
Make words (groups) NUM characters long. Valid
values are between 1 and 20.
-R NUM
Set the total time (in minutes) to generate
text.
-N NUM (default 0 means unlimited)
Set the total number of words (groups) to
generate.
-C 'STRING' (default all available characters)
Select characters to send from this STRING
only.
-w
words_per_minute
-f
frequency_in_hertz
-v
volume (zero to one, rather nonlinear)
-g
alternate_frequency (toggles via control-G in
input FILE at a word break)
-F
Farnsworth_character_words_per_minute
-e
leave off the <SK> sound at the
end
-c
complain about illegal characters instead of
just ignoring them
-b
print each word before doing it
-a
print each word after doing it
-l
print each letter just before doing it
-m
print morse dots and dashes as they sound
(this printing-intensive option slows the wpm down!)
-t
Type along with the morse, but don't see what
you're typing (unless you make a mistake). You are allowed to get ahead as
much as you want. If you get too far behind it will stop and resync with you.
You can force it to resync at the next word end by hitting control-H. Hit ESC
to see how you are doing, control-D to end. (The rightmost space in the
printout marks where the average is. Farther left spaces separate off blocks
of letters that are about twice as probable as the average to occur, three
times, etc.)
-T
Like -t but see your characters (after they
are played).
-s
Stop after each character and make sure you
get it right. (implies -t)
-q
Quietly resyncs with your input (after you
make a mistake).
-p NUM
Make you get it right NUM times, for penance.
(implies -s).
-E NUM
If your count of wrong answers minus right
answers for a given character exceeds this, the program will start prompting
you. If above the maximum error prompt it will never prompt (implies
-t).
-M NUM
If you get more than this number of characters
behind, pause until you do your next letter. 1 behind is normal, 0 behind
means never pause. This option mplies -t.
-d
Dynamically speed up or slow down depending on
how you are doing. (if also-s, then -d only speeds up!)
-A
Add ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) signs to test
set.
-B
Add uncommon punctuation to test set.
-S
Add uncommon prosigns to test set.
-X
Set error volume. Error volume 0 means use
console speaker.
-x
Set frequency of error tone.
Here is the basic International Morse codest that the program will train you in:
A .- N -. 1 .---- . .-.-.- B -... O --- 2 ..--- , --..-- C -.-. P .--. 3 ...-- ? ..--.. D -.. Q --.- 4 ....- ( -.--. E . R .-. 5 ..... - -....- F ..-. S ... 6 -.... G --. T - 7 --... H .... U ..- 8 ---.. I .. V ...- 9 ----. J .--- W .-- 0 ----- K -.- X -..- / -..-. L .-.. Y -.-- + .-.-. M -- Z --.. = -...-
) -.--.- " .-..-. _ ..--.- ' .----. : ---... ; -.-.-. $ ...-..- ! -.-.-- @ .--.-.
<AR> "+" over, end of message <AS> "*" please stand by (<AS> 5 Wait 5 Minutes) (".-...") <BT> "=" (double dash) pause, break for text CL going off the air (clear) CQ calling any station K go, invite any station to transmit <KN> "(" go only, invite a specific station to transmit R all received OK <SK> "%" end of contact (sent before call) ("...-.-", known also as <VA>)
<AA> "^" new line (".-.-", the same as :a, ae) <BK> "#" invite receiving station to transmit ("-...-.-") <KA> "&" attention ("-.-.-") <SN> "~" understood ("...-.")
:a .-.- (also for ae, the same as <AA>) `a .--.- (also oa, danish a with ring over it) ch ---- (bar-ch ?, bar-h ?, ISO 8859-1 code 199 and 231 ?) -d ..--. (eth, overstrike d with -, ISO 8859-1 code 208 and 240) `e ..-.. ~n --.-- :o ---. (also for oe) :u ..-- (also for ue) ]p .--.. (thorn, overstrike ] with p, ISO 8859-1 code 222 and 254) paragraph .-.-.. (ISO 8859-1 code 167 ?)
1.Start learning the alphabet:
morse -r -s -T -d -w 5 -F 15 -p 5 -E -10
2.Then drill drill drill:
morse -r -s -T -d -w 5 -F 15 -p 5 -E 0
3.Real-time drill, with hints if you really
need it:
morse -r -T -d -w 5 -F 15 -M 2 -E 4
4.Simulated test:
QSO | morse -e -T -d -w 5 -F 15
5.The dreaded random-letter test:
morse -r -T -d -w 5 -F 15
6.Finally try for greater and greater speed:
morse -r -T -d -w 13 -F 24
AUTHORS¶
Joe Dellinger joe@montebello.soest.hawaii.edu. Updated 2005 by Eric S. Raymond esr@thyrsus.com. Updated 2010 by Thomas Horsten thomas@horsten.com. Other contributions by Jacek M. Holeczek and Marc Unangst.09/25/2011 | morse |