CW freak
CW
Speed Training Software
C
W freak is a
software developed by Satoshi Imaizumi JI0VWL dedicated
to listening amateur radio calls. The
interface of the program is very simple and intuitive, and this feature
makes CW freak a versatile program to use in any free moment of the day
and, if you want, even though during work being careful not to be
discovered by your boss!
CW freak help
As
you can see in the screenshot, CW freak offers 5 training
opportunities :
- Practice A
- Allows you to select a range of speed of reception from 5 to
80 WPM selectable by the scroll bar. The speed remains constant
throughout the test.
- Practice B
-This mode allows you to choose a speed of departure and the number of
calls that CW freak transmits. The speed increase or decrease according
to the criteria in the table below.
- Trial (20QSOs)
-First competitive mode where the program will send 20 calls from a
speed of 25 WPM and increasing or decreasing the speed as the table
below.
- Trial (50QSOs)
- Second competitive mode equal to previous except that the
calls will be 50.
- Monthly (25Qs)
- This third way is identical to the previous two with the difference
that calls will be 25.
Here's the logic that CW
freak uses to increases or decreases speed in case of correct or
incorrect call:
| Call |
Speed
WPM |
| Great!! |
+2 |
| So-So 1
error in freceived call |
-2 |
| Bad... more than one
error in the call but one correct letter at least |
-3 |
| Terrible! completely
wrong call |
-4 |
The most
interesting program features are certainly the two Trial and Monthly that allow
you to enter the ranking on the site of Satoshi doing an upload of your
score by the menu Network
- Send Score.
Results
will be updated instantly.
While 20
and 50 Trial allow you to enter into fixed ranking ,Monthly
mode is updated every first of month.
The
latter is certainly my favorite mode considering the fact that in this
ranking there are often the same people more or less at my same level
and battle is sure every month!
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