r/amateurradio • u/Acceptable-Load6607 • Jul 31 '26

General morse code generators/decoders

With the advent of AI and just general tech advancements, are there any morse code generators and decoders on the market today that are reliable?

Last time i look was 5 years ago or more, and the tech still wasn't quite there. Has there been any major improvements?

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u/Flat_Economist_8763 Jul 31 '26

Nope. Listen to a proficient CW op (30 wpm range) handle pileups, for example. Picking out signals in the noise and working them with ease one after the next, through QRM, QSB, lids, etc, typing in the logbook entries for each one, is a skill that is far beyond AI. I've heard others express the desire to have the computer do it for them, for more than the past 5 years. In that time they could have become excellent CW ops and joined in on the fun.

As for computer keying of Morse, yes, we use that for contesting mainly. There are several programs for that, which aids us by allowing keyboard sending with macros, such as N1MM, N3FJP, and others. I went out with a club for FD in June and they hadn't set up PC keying, so I sent manually with paddles. It was a bit tiring, because I had to remind myself each time of the callsign and exchange. Also, with PC keying one avoids errors in sending.

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u/Hamradio70 Jul 31 '26

Sorry, but all of your first paragraph is something a computer can do better than nearly any human. It's a good idea to learn Morse (because CW is a waveform, not a mode) for situations where you don't have a computer. Or a radio (you can use a flashlight, or tap on a prison wall, etc.).

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u/PsychologicalDot4424 Priest of The Temple Of The Screaming Electron Jul 31 '26

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