HAM Test Prep vs OpenShack Morse Code Trainer

Includes the Extra Question Pool effective July 1, 2024! Not sure if you want to buy? Try out the "Lite" version of this app! Upgrade your HAM license from General to Amateur Extra! With the elimination of the Morse Code requirement, there is no reason not to upgrade your license to the highest level to obtain all privileges! Amateur Radio License exams are composed of questions from a pool. Use this application prior to taking your exam to review and practice all possible questions. Then, test your knowledge with practice exams! After completing your first practice exam, the question pool screen will display your proficiency in each question group for all practice exams you have completed. You may choose to receive immediate feedback on right and wrong answers when taking a practice test. On practice tests, questions in a group will not be repeated until all of them have been used. Some questions require you to review associated Figures. These figures may be zoomed and panned on iPhone/iPod touch. FCC rule text is viewable within the application. All sections can be browsed from the main screen. Additionally, for questions where rule sections have been identified, the rule text can be viewed on the question screen when studying the question pool or reviewing test results. An in-progress practice test can be resumed if you exit the test or the application. Current Extra question pool is valid through June 30, 2028. Versions of this application for both the Technician and General license classes are also available. This app has these additional features: • Accessibility option for vision-impaired users to exclude questions with figures • Dark mode support • Portrait and Landscape support on iPad • Swipe gestures to navigate between questions • Tap on answer to select it • Double-tap or use pinch gesture to zoom Figures on iPhone and iPod touch • Buttons to skip to next/previous wrong answer in test results • ARRL question number displayed on practice tests • Configurable Test Settings • Optional randomizing of test answers • Optional auto-advance during test

The app has several parts: - Morse Trainer: learn CW one character at a time, copying and sending - Advanced Trainer: once you know your alphabet, work on character groups, words, ham radio abbreviations and callsigns, copying and sending - Morse Decoder: reads your sending back to you - Morse Sender: turns text into CW audio, typed live or by copy and paste - Morse Chat: send and decode CW 1:1 with other ops, multi-user, with your own rooms Note: You can send with the on-screen key or with a connected straight key or paddle. There are several hardware options. The most versatile and accurate is the OpenShack Box from openshack.com, but interfaces that emulate a keyboard, such as VBand and Morserino, work too. LEARN MORSE CODE A complete CW course for beginners in 40 lessons. Set your speed and spacing. Farnsworth spacing gives you more time to copy. PRACTISE YOUR SENDING Send with the on-screen key or a connected key. The app shows how even your characters and spacing are, and where your fist departs from standard timing. YOUR PROGRESS The start screen shows your lesson, your practice time and how solid each learned character is. Review your mistakes and drill the difficult characters. Progress and settings stay on your device. Back up and restore your profiles. Compatible trainer profiles from OpenShack for Windows can be imported too. TRAINER FOR ADVANCED OPS With the Advanced Trainer you work on characters, groups, words, ham radio abbreviations and callsigns. Copy what you hear and type it in, or key it back. Set your speed, with longer spacing (Farnsworth) if you want it, and train copying or sending. MORSE DECODER Send with the on-screen key or a connected key and check your fist. The app shows what you send as text. Turn on 'Allow uneven timing' while your spacing still varies. MORSE SENDER Type or paste text and hear it as CW at 5 to 100 WPM, with Farnsworth spacing if you want it. With Immediate on, each character sounds as you type. Sent text is highlighted and the field scrolls along. MORSE CHAT Practise CW or ragchew with other ops over the internet. Type your message, or send with the on-screen key or a connected key. Invite others to a room by link or QR code. They can join free in a browser, no app needed. A callsign or name is all you need to connect. English interface for iPhone and iPad. One purchase includes all five parts. No subscription, no ads and no account registration. With the optional OpenShack Box you can use your own paddle and analyse your fist to the millisecond. The Box also works as a rig keyer and for remote operation. It is sold separately and connects via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. You'll find the manual and help under About. Try it free in your browser: https://cw.openshack.com OpenShack Box: https://openshack.com/en/keyer/ OpenShack CW Suite for Windows (sold separately): https://openshack.com/en/cw/ OpenShack CW by DL2CC.