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Ideas / Recommendations for CW logging for field day.

 

I'm pre-planning for field day and I had someone reach out to me with some questions on CW logging.
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He is going to join us this year and do CW only. He does have some hearing loss, but otherwise very capable of doing CW, however he is not very keyboard proficient. Last year, he would write it down and we had someone sitting beside him typing it in as he finished the QSO. That meant he could only operate while someone was sitting with him as he felt he wasn't quick enough. He also felt he wasn't literate enough with the software to not make a mistake, but I think he did fine, he just felt he was too slow when doing it.
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He wants to know if there is a way to decode the CW and push it into logger for him. He uses an AEA Morse Machine, but I think the difficult part is going to be the reception and callsign population of the sending stations. I've tried doing auto-cw stuff myself when logging and found it quite lacking and often prone to more errors than he would ever make. I would like to try to find something that would potentially help him out, though.?
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Send me your suggestions or questions and I can try them out ahead of time and see what works the best.
Thanks!
Aaron / WT8X
 

Hi Aaron,

Thanks for your e-mail.? We do have an API that would allows CW decoding software to transfer calls directly to our programs, but so far, I'm not aware of any CW decoding software developers who have interfaced with our software.? As you noted, he would likely do better getting used to typing what he hears (as most of the rest of us do), than relying on a decoder.? That said, perhaps someone else will have some additional suggestions.

Enjoy!

73, Scott
N3FJP


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On Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:34:59 PM EDT, thecodemonk via groups.io <thecodemonk@...> wrote:


I'm pre-planning for field day and I had someone reach out to me with some questions on CW logging.
?
He is going to join us this year and do CW only. He does have some hearing loss, but otherwise very capable of doing CW, however he is not very keyboard proficient. Last year, he would write it down and we had someone sitting beside him typing it in as he finished the QSO. That meant he could only operate while someone was sitting with him as he felt he wasn't quick enough. He also felt he wasn't literate enough with the software to not make a mistake, but I think he did fine, he just felt he was too slow when doing it.
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He wants to know if there is a way to decode the CW and push it into logger for him. He uses an AEA Morse Machine, but I think the difficult part is going to be the reception and callsign population of the sending stations. I've tried doing auto-cw stuff myself when logging and found it quite lacking and often prone to more errors than he would ever make. I would like to try to find something that would potentially help him out, though.?
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Send me your suggestions or questions and I can try them out ahead of time and see what works the best.
Thanks!
Aaron / WT8X
 

fldigi will log directly to n3fjp, if setup correctly, so it should work during contest as well, i would think



Dave Garber
VE3WEJ / VE3IE


On Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 3:27?PM Scott Davis via <SNKDavis=[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Aaron,

Thanks for your e-mail.? We do have an API that would allows CW decoding software to transfer calls directly to our programs, but so far, I'm not aware of any CW decoding software developers who have interfaced with our software.? As you noted, he would likely do better getting used to typing what he hears (as most of the rest of us do), than relying on a decoder.? That said, perhaps someone else will have some additional suggestions.

Enjoy!

73, Scott
N3FJP


¿ªÔÆÌåÓý the Amateur Radio community with contesting and general logging software since 1997.

1 Peter 3 vs 15: Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give . But do this with gentleness and respect...


On Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 12:34:59 PM EDT, thecodemonk via <thecodemonk=[email protected]> wrote:


I'm pre-planning for field day and I had someone reach out to me with some questions on CW logging.
?
He is going to join us this year and do CW only. He does have some hearing loss, but otherwise very capable of doing CW, however he is not very keyboard proficient. Last year, he would write it down and we had someone sitting beside him typing it in as he finished the QSO. That meant he could only operate while someone was sitting with him as he felt he wasn't quick enough. He also felt he wasn't literate enough with the software to not make a mistake, but I think he did fine, he just felt he was too slow when doing it.
?
He wants to know if there is a way to decode the CW and push it into logger for him. He uses an AEA Morse Machine, but I think the difficult part is going to be the reception and callsign population of the sending stations. I've tried doing auto-cw stuff myself when logging and found it quite lacking and often prone to more errors than he would ever make. I would like to try to find something that would potentially help him out, though.?
?
Send me your suggestions or questions and I can try them out ahead of time and see what works the best.
Thanks!
Aaron / WT8X
 

I use FLDIGI in my CW ops and it can be connected to N3FJP and I've used it as such.? The issue I found yesterday was if someone isn't spacing their words out you can get a callsign like "cqsotaab1abc".? If they are spaced out well, all you need to do is right click on the call in the FLDIGI window.
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I have also heard good things about CWGet but have not gotten it to work as easily as FLDIGI.
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Ryan KI6BTY
 

i HAVE USED CWGET ( NOT FREE), FLDIGI, CWSKIMMER, N1MM, AND EVEN HAMSCOPE, AND THEY ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS THE SENDER.? ?THEY ALL WILL BE HARD TO JUST CLICK ON A CALL, SO MANUALLY ENTERED IS THE ONLY WAY



Dave Garber
VE3WEJ / VE3IE


On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 1:35?PM Ryan Huggins via <ki6bty=[email protected]> wrote:
I use FLDIGI in my CW ops and it can be connected to N3FJP and I've used it as such.? The issue I found yesterday was if someone isn't spacing their words out you can get a callsign like "cqsotaab1abc".? If they are spaced out well, all you need to do is right click on the call in the FLDIGI window.
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I have also heard good things about CWGet but have not gotten it to work as easily as FLDIGI.
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Ryan KI6BTY

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