Ham University
By MICA
Ham University - Morse Training and Testing QST Review by Dan Miller November 2001 Actual Morse code lessons are accessed by clicking on ?Lessons.? You must first put a Lesson Plan together. This is easily accomplished following the directions guided by Morris the Cat?an animated cat who assists by describing each function the mouse pointer indicates. My favorite method is the ?Exercise? approach done by copying with the keyboard. What you type is shown in the lower panel. At the end of the exercise, you can compare what you typed with the sent message displayed in the upper panel. Variables that you can manually adjust include speed in words per minute, character speed, message length and word length. In addition to all this, Ham University offers a Morse game called PENTODE. The object is to build a large number of points in a short period of time. These points are received by connecting two or more tiles (the more the better), each containing the same character, as a diode (side by side), triode, tetrode or pentode. Personally, I found the game far less exciting than the speed exercise to copy Morse on the keyboard in the shortest possible time. Conclusion Ham University is an excellent tool for anyone wishing to use a computer to study for an Amateur Radio license, regardless of which level they wish to pursue. Of course, my recommendation is to use such a program in conjunction with a class. In the absence of such a class, Ham University provides everything you need to go from ground zero all the way to Amateur Extra?in the comfort of your own living room. I?d be remiss in this review if I neglected to mention something else. Displayed at the top of each page of the instruction booklet is a flag of a foreign country. Next to the flag is the appropriate country name, accompanied by its latitude and longitude, CQ Zone number and call sign prefix. This is a very nice touch, adding to the educational and instructional factor of the Ham University program.
Elmer
By Black Cat Systems
Elmer will help you study for your amateur radio exams. Elmer covers all elements, and prepares actual sample exams. Each exam is graded, and you get to see which questions you missed, and the correct answer. After you''ve practiced using Elmer, you''ll be all set to take your written exam!
Frequency Filer
By Joel Graffman
Frequency Filer is database program designed for people who use a great many different radio frequencies. It is primarily intended for amateur radio operators, shortwave listening enthusiasts, and scanner users. The program makes it easy to keep all of your important frequency information in one place. Geographic information can be displayed on a high resolution globe. Incudes data conversion utility.
NuTest
By Nu-Ware
Obtain or upgrade your amateur radio licence using this complete training package. Create tests from the official ARRL question pools. Browse the question pools. Read in-depth explanations of each question. FCC Part 97 rules and RF exposure tables included. A unique system of hypertext links takes you from each question to technical explanations, pages of useful formulae, math hints and everything else you need to gain a pass grade at any level. The evaluation version gives access to a selection of materials from the Technician license class. On registration you gain full access to any chosen licence classes from Technician to Extra.
PhotoStory 2005 - Organize Your Photos
By Sencesa Group
Sencesa PhotoStory 2005 - Organize Your Digital Photos PhotoStory 2005 is a digital photography organizer that allows you to organize your photos, sort them, classify and describe them using full formatted text and OLE objects, filter them by date and keywords, create your own photo gallery and more. PhotoStory 2005 is a powerful and handy software for Photographs. It takes care of photo storage on your hard drive and you can spend more time on describing photos and organizing them. PhotoStory is the best tool for photo management. With PhotoStory 2005 you can easily create: Photo albums with comments for each picture; Presentations; Clip Arts; Studding materials; Catalogues; Interactive photo gallery; Photo sets; and more... You will like easy and handful PhotoStory 2005 interface. Spending only a few hours with it will make your work more productive. It is an extremely fast and handy software with a simple and user friendly interface.
Memory Stick Files Recovery
By Memory Stick Data Recovery
This user friendly GUI based software enables you to obtain your corrupted lost audio files like mp3 mp4 m4v from USB memory stick. Memory stick drive file recovery tool restores deleted folders from Sony, Kingston and SanDisk key drive and memory key devices. Retrieval of undetected data text and images both is successfully performed. Software furnishes graphical user interface (GUI) and the end user can easily operate it. USB mp3 player restoration tool restore deleted audio video songs. No matter memory stick or memory key drive being formatted or corrupted, software confirms the retrieval of data. Software enables you to fetch undetected data files like doc mdb xls ppt txt pdf form flash drive, thumb drive and mini pen drive. Recovery of deleted video songs like mpeg mpg wmv maintains the quality of file. Utility supports Windows XP 2000 NT4.0 and 9X Operating systems. Retrieve deleted images and pictures like bmp jpeg jpg png tif tiff and store it to the safe location. Features: * Windows 98 NT4.0 2000 ME and XP operating systems are supported by software. * Software assures the restoration of deleted MS (Microsoft) word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint documents text file (.txt) and acrobat reader file (.PDF). * It retrieves lost images, digital pictures and photos without distortion from PNY Simple Ritek Crucial Dane-Elec Viking Transcend generic Supermedia Super Flash drive. * Software can recover USB devices like mini pen drive, sD card, compact flash card etc. * Utility support all capacity type USB drive like 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB and 512B. * If system displays the message DRIVE NOT FORMATTED, software enables you to recover the data. * Software recovers the files lost due to improper removal or reset of memory stick. * Software recovers Apacer Kingston Sony Corsair SanDisk pen drive and also supports data restoration of AVB Lexar PenDrive PQI Ridata Kingmax.