Programs to simulate morse code appear with boring regularity on the pages of magazines. So, it is surprising to find one marketed commercially. This production seems to offer just about everything in a morse program.

It will translate morse code to and from the alphabet. You can connect it to a transmitter, type in a sentence, and the message will be sent in morse. The speed of transmission and audio frequency can be selected by the user. Several preset messages can be stored, and transmitted by pressing appropriate keys.

It can also translate morse from a receiver. An audio connection is made between the receiver and computer. The characters appear on the screen as they are translated, which is immediate. Messages can be stored on tape, as can the screen display itself, or a copy obtained on a printer.

Instructions appear on a cassette insert and at the start. For the user not conversant in radio amateur's jargon, they are hard to follow, but I doubt if this would be of much use or interest to anyone but a short wave radio enthusiast.

D.N.