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Chapter 10 Morse Operation
Chapter 10
Morse Operation
Overview
The DSP will both send and receive International Morse code at much higher speeds than hand-sent code. As a rule,
though, no computer can “copy” code as well as the human ear and the DSP is no exception. A strong signal and a
good “fist” are
both required for the DSP to do a reasonable job of copying code. Don’t expect your DSP to perform
miracles and produce good copy from incredibly weak signals and bad fists!
Before proceeding with the rest of this chapter, review the following commands that are directly applicable to the
Morse mode:
ACRDISP
,
ATXRTTY
,
CODE
,
CONVERSE (K)
,
CUSTOM (bits 7 & 8)
,
EAS
,
LOCK
,
MOPTT
,
MORSE , MSPEED , RCVE , TCLEAR , XMIT, XMITOK , and WORDOUT . Morse commands are listed and
explained at the end of this chapter. Terminal commands are listed and explained in Chapter 4.
Special Morse Characters
The DSP supports special keystrokes that you can use to send “prosigns” while in the Morse mode. These special
“reserved” keys are:
Keyboard
Morse Keystroke Abbreviation Meaning
...-.-
* or < SK End of QSO
.-...
& AS Wait
.-.-.
- AR End of message
-.
.
( KN Go only
--
-...-
= BT Break or pause
-.-.-
> or % KA Attention
...-.
! SN Understand
.-.-
[ AA New line
--
..--
^ ü Umlaut U
-.
\ ö Umlaut O
. -.
] å Swedish A - -
..-..
@ é Swedish E
Setting up
(If you’re using an AEA program, follow the instructions in the program’s manual to set up and use the Morse
mode.)
To enter the Morse mode, simply enter
MORSE or MO at the Command prompt. The DSP responds by displaying
the previous mode it was in, then its new mode:
cmd:
MO
Opmode was (previous mode)
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