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I need help with CW communicator which I already downloaded. Can I get a serial mouse, cut the cable, then find two wires and connect it to a
stright key? Is it that simple?

Also, in my PC I use a opticle mouse which uses a USB. I still need to
use it for my PC. I do not want this program to mess things up.

Do I need to let WINDOWS know that need hardware was added to the PC?

I might get help maybe right from CW Communicator. But I do not know
how to configure it.

THX, SR
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Is it that simpel?

Sounds correct.
See bottom of http://morsecodeonweb.homestead.com/CWCOMMUNICATOR.html
(say it is corrected wireing)

You need a 9-pin serial plug. You do not have to kill a mouse.
Windows does not need to know anything. You are simply attaching a
serial device, that just happens to not send serial data, just control signals, in your case DSR signals (when connected to DTR).

I am going to try myself later, using a paddle.
--
Christen Fihl
http://oz1aab.Fihl.net/


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Hello: I already killed an old mouse before I read your message. The
worse part of it is that after opening the serial plug I was not able to solder it to the wire. I am not very good at this. Everything is so small

I need someone to do this for me.

I do have a hole behind the PC for a mic input. I wonder if that can work?

Thanks anyway


Christen Fihl wrote:

Is it that simpel?

Sounds correct.
See bottom of http://morsecodeonweb.homestead.com/CWCOMMUNICATOR.html
(say it is corrected wireing)

You need a 9-pin serial plug. You do not have to kill a mouse.
Windows does not need to know anything. You are simply attaching a
serial device, that just happens to not send serial data, just control signals, in your case DSR signals (when connected to DTR).

I am going to try myself later, using a paddle.

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The program wants a serial port as input. So mic or mouse input will not
work :(

Maybe try to buy a 9 pin with pin 4 and 6 connected (if the shop can do
this as a favor) to a pair of wires. then you just need to short circuit
those (using the key) to make sound.

Any PC shop has a serial cable with 9-pin plug in one end. And that
one-end normally is the female end, that fits into a pc.
Cut the wire and locate the pin 4 and 6 wires in there.
Pin 4 and 6 could be Green/Orange or Blue/Yellow as http://morsecodeonweb.homestead.com/CWCOMMUNICATOR.html say.

Just try to short-circute any pair, until you hear the program beep. You cannot kill anything in the pc doing so. I have tried many times,
without succes ;-)
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Christen Fihl
http://oz1aab.Fihl.net/


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Hi Christen: I call an old Ham in Brooklyn who is going to do the
soilder work for me. Hopefully by earily next week I will have a key connected to my PC.

I find it interesting that after posting "CW communicator HELP" here and
other places in the newsgroups, no one but you cared to respond. The
only thing I could think of is that either not many people know about it
or care about it.

Do you use CW Communicator?

And BTW, do you know of any majordomo or listserver mailing list for ham
radio or shortwave?

73, SR!


Christen Fihl wrote:

The program wants a serial port as input. So mic or mouse input will not work :(

Maybe try to buy a 9 pin with pin 4 and 6 connected (if the shop can do
this as a favor) to a pair of wires. then you just need to short circuit those (using the key) to make sound.

Any PC shop has a serial cable with 9-pin plug in one end. And that
one-end normally is the female end, that fits into a pc.
Cut the wire and locate the pin 4 and 6 wires in there.
Pin 4 and 6 could be Green/Orange or Blue/Yellow as http://morsecodeonweb.homestead.com/CWCOMMUNICATOR.html say.

Just try to short-circute any pair, until you hear the program beep. You cannot kill anything in the pc doing so. I have tried many times,
without succes ;-)

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SR wrote:

...

And BTW, do you know of any majordomo or listserver mailing list for ham radio or shortwave?

73, SR!

I don't know about shortwave lists, but there are many hundreds of ham
radio lists addressing dozens of different areas of interest.

Could you be a little more specific about your interests?

Perhaps you're interested in amateur television, or satellite
communication, or RTTY or PSK-31, or ragchewing. Perhaps you're
interested in very low frequencies or UHF. Low power, high power.
AM, FM or SSB. Contesting. DXing. IOTA (Islands On The Air).
County Hunting. Mobile, (auto, maritime, aeronautical). Ragchewing.
Etc., etc., --- you get the idea.

Since you're checking out CWCOM, I assume you're attempting to either
learn or improve your Morse skills. There are at least ten lists that I
can think of off the top of my head relating to Morse, both American
Morse or Continental (International) Morse.

What part of the world are you located in? Perhaps we can find a ham
radio club local to you that you can visit. Or check out a club website
to get familiar with its activities.

Let's hear from you !!!

73 de john
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SR

Good luck on connecting the new serial cable between you key and the
program.

Myself:
I have just "restarted" my ham activity 2 years ago.
When I started in 1970-something, there was an requirement to learn
morse for shortware usage (in Denmark).
Now I can do anything without knowing morse.

But I do want to know it anyway, so I am now learning by myself.
I have been using the course from K7QO (http://www.k7qo.net/). It is
listen only (lots of mp3's).
So I need a way to try my key, and to see how well I am doing.

You did show me CW-Communicator, and I see that it has the interface to
a real key, and can show what I do on the key.

So, yes I have been using the program for 2 days now ;-)

73
--
Christen Fihl
http://oz1aab.Fihl.net/


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Hi John: I pass the tech test last week. I am waiting for my call
numbers. I am a bit over loaded with work. I will definally get back
to you on this.

New Ham!

73, SR

John, N5DWI wrote:

SR wrote:

...

And BTW, do you know of any majordomo or listserver mailing list for
ham radio or shortwave?

73, SR!

I don't know about shortwave lists, but there are many hundreds of ham
radio lists addressing dozens of different areas of interest.

Could you be a little more specific about your interests?

Perhaps you're interested in amateur television, or satellite
communication, or RTTY or PSK-31, or ragchewing. Perhaps you're
interested in very low frequencies or UHF. Low power, high power.
AM, FM or SSB. Contesting. DXing. IOTA (Islands On The Air).
County Hunting. Mobile, (auto, maritime, aeronautical). Ragchewing.
Etc., etc., --- you get the idea.

Since you're checking out CWCOM, I assume you're attempting to either
learn or improve your Morse skills. There are at least ten lists that I
can think of off the top of my head relating to Morse, both American
Morse or Continental (International) Morse.

What part of the world are you located in? Perhaps we can find a ham
radio club local to you that you can visit. Or check out a club website
to get familiar with its activities.

Let's hear from you !!!

73 de john

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Hi Christen: As I mention to John, I passed the tech test and waiting
for my call sign. And I am a bit over loaded with work. But soon I
will be able to get to everything.

I did get a friend to soilder the serial plug that came off the mouse. However, the stright key is not working with CW COMM. I need to spend
more time figuring out how to configure the program to work with that key.

Do you have a key on connected to your computer?
Are you using a key on CW COMM?
Do you use ECHOLINK? Can a key be used on EHCOLINK?

New Ham

73 SR!

Christen Fihl wrote:

SR

Good luck on connecting the new serial cable between you key and the program.

Myself:
I have just "restarted" my ham activity 2 years ago.
When I started in 1970-something, there was an requirement to learn
morse for shortware usage (in Denmark).
Now I can do anything without knowing morse.

But I do want to know it anyway, so I am now learning by myself.
I have been using the course from K7QO (http://www.k7qo.net/). It is
listen only (lots of mp3's).
So I need a way to try my key, and to see how well I am doing.

You did show me CW-Communicator, and I see that it has the interface to
a real key, and can show what I do on the key.

So, yes I have been using the program for 2 days now ;-)

73

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Congratulations on passing the tech test !!!

Forget work - "work" is a four letter word.

After you get your call you won't have time for work - you'll be on the
air all the time.

Well, after all, "cash" is also a four letter word and you'll be needing
some of that for rigs, etc.

More seriously, do let us know your call when you get it, and once again,

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

vy 73 de john

==============================

SR wrote:

Hi John: I pass the tech test last week. I am waiting for my call
numbers. I am a bit over loaded with work. I will definally get back
to you on this.

New Ham!

73, SR

John, N5DWI wrote:

SR wrote:

...

And BTW, do you know of any majordomo or listserver mailing list for
ham radio or shortwave?

73, SR!

I don't know about shortwave lists, but there are many hundreds of ham
radio lists addressing dozens of different areas of interest.

Could you be a little more specific about your interests?

Perhaps you're interested in amateur television, or satellite
communication, or RTTY or PSK-31, or ragchewing. Perhaps you're
interested in very low frequencies or UHF. Low power, high power.
AM, FM or SSB. Contesting. DXing. IOTA (Islands On The Air).
County Hunting. Mobile, (auto, maritime, aeronautical). Ragchewing.
Etc., etc., --- you get the idea.

Since you're checking out CWCOM, I assume you're attempting to either
learn or improve your Morse skills. There are at least ten lists that
I can think of off the top of my head relating to Morse, both American
Morse or Continental (International) Morse.

What part of the world are you located in? Perhaps we can find a ham
radio club local to you that you can visit. Or check out a club
website to get familiar with its activities.

Let's hear from you !!!

73 de john

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Hi John: Part of this work is actually related to radio & computer.

1) I have tons of computer programs to learn.
2) I have lots of manuals to read.
3) I have to catch up with my QST and MT magazines to read.
4) I have to practice for my next CW test. Then maybe a month later
prepare for the General test.
5) I have a boatanchor for sale.
6) Trying to organize my time to listen to my favorite short-wave radio programs, plus Art Bell's www.coasttocoastam.com radio show.
7) Practicing my violin & sax.
8) Waiting for QSL cards.
9) And spending time with my cat.

What is your QTH?

I am in New York, USA

73, Steven!



John Westerlage wrote:

Congratulations on passing the tech test !!!

Forget work - "work" is a four letter word.

After you get your call you won't have time for work - you'll be on the
air all the time.

Well, after all, "cash" is also a four letter word and you'll be needing some of that for rigs, etc.

More seriously, do let us know your call when you get it, and once again,

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

vy 73 de john

==============================

SR wrote:

Hi John: I pass the tech test last week. I am waiting for my call
numbers. I am a bit over loaded with work. I will definally get back
to you on this.

New Ham!

73, SR

John, N5DWI wrote:

SR wrote:

...

And BTW, do you know of any majordomo or listserver mailing list for
ham radio or shortwave?

73, SR!

I don't know about shortwave lists, but there are many hundreds of
ham radio lists addressing dozens of different areas of interest.

Could you be a little more specific about your interests?

Perhaps you're interested in amateur television, or satellite
communication, or RTTY or PSK-31, or ragchewing. Perhaps you're
interested in very low frequencies or UHF. Low power, high power.
AM, FM or SSB. Contesting. DXing. IOTA (Islands On The Air).
County Hunting. Mobile, (auto, maritime, aeronautical). Ragchewing.
Etc., etc., --- you get the idea.

Since you're checking out CWCOM, I assume you're attempting to either
learn or improve your Morse skills. There are at least ten lists
that I can think of off the top of my head relating to Morse, both
American Morse or Continental (International) Morse.

What part of the world are you located in? Perhaps we can find a ham
radio club local to you that you can visit. Or check out a club
website to get familiar with its activities.

Let's hear from you !!!

73 de john

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Some suggestions for you:

1) Buy and read Amateur Radio Handbook by ARRL -- great
intro to the hobby and rundown of all the fields available
to you. Maybe you'll see something you like and go with
it.

2) Yahoo groups has a good ham radio for newbies group (let me reach back
and get that info for you) -- ah, here it is: the ham radio help group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HamRadioHelpGroup They are a nice bunch of old farts :)

3) Do whatever interests you. Don't let someone's idea of
what ham radio *should* be affect you. Remember the Amateur
Radio Golden Rule: Have Fun. If appliance operating is
your thing, then do it. If hitting satellites strikes you
as a fun, challenging thing, by all means go with it! Ham
radio is so broad and encompassing, almost any aspect of
communication will find an active group of amateurs busily
engaged in it. Your job is just to search them out

4) Learn as much as you can. REad, read, read. Ham radio
has never been mastered by anyone. There is just too much
to know and understand for a single lifetime. You never
stop learning.

But whatever you do, welcome to the most interesting hobby in the world. It
is a great privilege to have a radius of 10K miles to which you can reach by radio transmitter at the flick of a switch. Don't forget it is a privilege
and act accordingly.

Best 73, and hope to hear u on the air

Lee (NY6P)


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Forgot to answer, sorry

Yes, I am using a key on cw-comm. I have a jambic (2 paddles). It also can controll cw-comm as old key, just by configurating and then using only one paddle.

I do not use echolink.

PS: Found this mp3 morse trainer: http://www.pa3ang.nl/snd/rithmorse.mp3
--
Christen Fihl
http://HSPascal.Fihl.net


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Hi John: I working a repeater on 2 meters. Would you like to have a
(voice) QSO?

I am in Queens, County NY. New York City. What is your QTH?

Steven KC2QGD


John Westerlage wrote:

Congratulations on passing the tech test !!!

Forget work - "work" is a four letter word.

After you get your call you won't have time for work - you'll be on the
air all the time.

Well, after all, "cash" is also a four letter word and you'll be needing some of that for rigs, etc.

More seriously, do let us know your call when you get it, and once again,

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

vy 73 de john

==============================

SR wrote:

Hi John: I pass the tech test last week. I am waiting for my call
numbers. I am a bit over loaded with work. I will definally get back
to you on this.

New Ham!

73, SR

John, N5DWI wrote:

SR wrote:

...

And BTW, do you know of any majordomo or listserver mailing list for
ham radio or shortwave?

73, SR!

I don't know about shortwave lists, but there are many hundreds of
ham radio lists addressing dozens of different areas of interest.

Could you be a little more specific about your interests?

Perhaps you're interested in amateur television, or satellite
communication, or RTTY or PSK-31, or ragchewing. Perhaps you're
interested in very low frequencies or UHF. Low power, high power.
AM, FM or SSB. Contesting. DXing. IOTA (Islands On The Air).
County Hunting. Mobile, (auto, maritime, aeronautical). Ragchewing.
Etc., etc., --- you get the idea.

Since you're checking out CWCOM, I assume you're attempting to either
learn or improve your Morse skills. There are at least ten lists
that I can think of off the top of my head relating to Morse, both
American Morse or Continental (International) Morse.

What part of the world are you located in? Perhaps we can find a ham
radio club local to you that you can visit. Or check out a club
website to get familiar with its activities.

Let's hear from you !!!

73 de john

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SR wrote:

Hi John: I working a repeater on 2 meters. Would you like to have a
(voice) QSO?

I am in Queens, County NY. New York City. What is your QTH?

Steven KC2QGD

Hi, Steven, KC2QGD !!!

Congratulations on the call! Have you figured out any cool phonetics
for it yet?

I'd like to chat with you on the repeater, Steven, but unfortunately, I
don't think I could hit a repeater in NYC - I live in Houston, TX.

Also, I don't use voice at all on the air. Maybe I have stage fright in
front of a mike, and that's why I like Morse so much !!

You might like to check out the new system at < http://www.qsonet.com >
. It has both voice and morse modes. Purists will argue that it's not
really radio, but it's a good substitute until you get your own rig
together. Also, it's good for folks like me who are away from home so
often and can work QSONET from the laptop any place you can hit a hotspot.

If you get QSONET, let me know, and maybe we can arrange a sked.

GL to U and hpe to C U down the line.

vy 73 de john
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John Westerlage <john_westerlage@sbcglobal.net> wrote in news:Z96%g.17300$e66.12154@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com:

SR wrote:

Hi John: I working a repeater on 2 meters. Would you like to have a
(voice) QSO?

I am in Queens, County NY. New York City. What is your QTH?

Steven KC2QGD

Hi, Steven, KC2QGD !!!

Congratulations on the call! Have you figured out any cool phonetics
for it yet?

I'd like to chat with you on the repeater, Steven, but unfortunately,
I don't think I could hit a repeater in NYC - I live in Houston, TX.

Also, I don't use voice at all on the air. Maybe I have stage fright
in
front of a mike, and that's why I like Morse so much !!

S'funny. When I first began to work at a coast station, I had attacks of stage fright both on 2182khz (AM phone at the time) and on 500khz
(morse). Got over it, though.
--
Dave Oldridge+
ICQ 1800667
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