Nearly great
The app is well-made with frequency, WPM and even some “noise” (more realistic).
However, I cannot set the alphabet on my iPhone. I can slide how many characters I want, but if I want to practice only numbers or only special characters, I have not found a way to enter the desired set.
It would be even better if I could make sections with alphabets (say 10 groups only letters, 5 groups only numbers and 5 groups numbers and special characters) for a test run.
However, I cannot set the alphabet on my iPhone. I can slide how many characters I want, but if I want to practice only numbers or only special characters, I have not found a way to enter the desired set.
It would be even better if I could make sections with alphabets (say 10 groups only letters, 5 groups only numbers and 5 groups numbers and special characters) for a test run.
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Quite good, needs improvements
Good Morse tutor, but still has flaws. The speed setting is optimistic, with Farnsworth sending speed about 20% slower than displayed. I finally found that I can edit in the character setting field so I can select particular sets of characters or delete individual characters from the list. The field resets each time you restart. It might be helpful to have an option for first five, second five, third five etc
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Utile per chi vuole imparare!
Da 4 stelle solo perché su iPhone7 iOS 13.2, la app non funziona in Background. Se lo smartphone passa in standby l’audio della app si spegne.
Simple, highly programmable
Clean interface . One of the few apps you can favor which letters you wish to train for. Thanks
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Antonino
Good, but needs updating KA0HEZ
Repetitive patterns. Having 26 letters available, it was the same exact groupings four out of five times;
A checkbox system for characters including prosigns;
The WPM slider is very sensitive, although I've not had any problems with the frequency slider;
It would be nice to be able to select the number (or time) of practice groups, should one wish either more or less than the 20 groups.
For myself, getting back into CW after a 30 year break, this is a very handy app. I think it could be a "good" app instead of just "good enough" if some changes were made. The lack of true randomness is the worst part, in my opinion.
A checkbox system for characters including prosigns;
The WPM slider is very sensitive, although I've not had any problems with the frequency slider;
It would be nice to be able to select the number (or time) of practice groups, should one wish either more or less than the 20 groups.
For myself, getting back into CW after a 30 year break, this is a very handy app. I think it could be a "good" app instead of just "good enough" if some changes were made. The lack of true randomness is the worst part, in my opinion.
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Great trainer
This app teaches morse code the correct way, by sound only. All the other apps I found show the characters visually, which will mess you up when you try to go faster than a few words per minute.
Very good
Best morse trainer I've found on the iPhone. It send groups of letters, numbers etc. You and vary the speed and number of letters sent.
Pattern becomes predictable
Once you learn all the characters, the "random" group of 5 letters becomes predictable and repetative. This can give you a false sense of accomplishment.
The only serious CW trainer for iPhone
Solid 599 for this portable, customizable CW trainer. Great for turning down time into practice sessions, I like to use it on airplanes especially. This has been one of the tools that helped get me from 5 to 20 WPM in spite of the sunspot drought! As a ham, it's one of my favorite iPhone apps.
Very good so far
This app will be very helpful in getting my skills back.
However, at higher speeds, if you try to copy individual letters without being able to hear common digraphs, trigraphs, and words, you'll hit a big wall. Gordon Brown's tapes didn't teach that way for the 20 WPM test. I don't think it's going too far to say that random letters, at higher speeds, are limiting.
Don't get me wrong -- this is a very useful app, and I think it deserves four stars.
The author should look up the "Dissociated Press" novelty text generator. He can take a bunch of text from QST, or from typical QSOs, to build a table of which letters, probabilistically, follow single letters or pairs. "Playing back" the latter can generate very plausible, but random, text, with the "right" numbers of "th"es and the like. If he can work that in, this program would deserve six stars, and $3.99.
However, at higher speeds, if you try to copy individual letters without being able to hear common digraphs, trigraphs, and words, you'll hit a big wall. Gordon Brown's tapes didn't teach that way for the 20 WPM test. I don't think it's going too far to say that random letters, at higher speeds, are limiting.
Don't get me wrong -- this is a very useful app, and I think it deserves four stars.
The author should look up the "Dissociated Press" novelty text generator. He can take a bunch of text from QST, or from typical QSOs, to build a table of which letters, probabilistically, follow single letters or pairs. "Playing back" the latter can generate very plausible, but random, text, with the "right" numbers of "th"es and the like. If he can work that in, this program would deserve six stars, and $3.99.
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Good Start
This is a great idea and the closest I've seen to what I want in a morse code practice program on iPhone. However, there are several bugs and annoyances. For example, the program sometimes starts sending and cannot be stopped with the stop button. In this state the sound is sporadic or non-existent. The Settings sliders are sometimes hard to activate. With some speed settings, the characters are run together. All of these things can be fixed and I look forward to the updates.
One minor wish is for the characters to appear (in Show mode) right after each is sent, rather than before. That fits how one would write, type, or visual the characters.
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Very good, but could be great
Very nice app that turns a device I always have with me into a code trainer. The author should take a look at the January 2009 QST magazine for insights into how to train using groupings of the most frequently used letter combination and words. The ability to send combination of letters - rather than just random groupings - would make this a truly great app.
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Good App
Good application; thank you! Would like to see the ability to import a wordlist or something with real words rather than letter groups. Spend lots of my time practicing head copy on full words using generated MP3's; would be great if I could do this with MorseTest.
Morse tutor for iPhone
The first morse tutor program I've seen for the iPhone. Can set the Farmsworth and character speeds very easily.
Would be good to see future versions with test call signs, Q codes and a dictionary of words.
Would be good to see future versions with test call signs, Q codes and a dictionary of words.
Great start!
This is a great start, and I will happily bump to five stars if the developer would address a couple issues.
1. The sliders in settings aren't very precise. I can't set the tone to 600 Hz no matter how hard I try.
2. While listening to the code, it sounds like the gap between characters is a little short, but maybe that's just my ears.
3. Maybe make a settings page just for the letters/numbers/etc. so that I can completely customize to exactly what I need to practice using a checkbox per letter/digit/etc.
Overall, good job and I look forward to your updates. Thanks!
1. The sliders in settings aren't very precise. I can't set the tone to 600 Hz no matter how hard I try.
2. While listening to the code, it sounds like the gap between characters is a little short, but maybe that's just my ears.
3. Maybe make a settings page just for the letters/numbers/etc. so that I can completely customize to exactly what I need to practice using a checkbox per letter/digit/etc.
Overall, good job and I look forward to your updates. Thanks!
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Most excellent!
I have been waiting to see how long it was going to take someone to publish a manual morse trainer. Just getting started, so there could be a bug somewhere but so far it is well designed and gives you a good deal of control on setting parameters. It is ironic to be learning MM on such a well designed Internet device - but MM still has it's place for reliable comms. A wonderful trainer for the youngsters who may be interested in learning MM - it certainly takes the pain away.
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