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Review Summary For : Afreet Software Morse Runner
Reviews: 23MSRP: Freeware
Description:
Contest simulator for Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP
Product is in production
More Info: http://www.dxatlas.com/MorseRunner/
# last 180 days Avg. Rating last 180 days Total reviews Avg. overall rating
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WT8P Rating: 2019-05-19
Great practice simulator Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
During the second session of CW Academy, and getting on the air, I came to really appreciate how well-engineered this software is. For learning, the single call lets you focus on improving identification, but there are then options to crank up the difficulty by injecting real-world conditions like static, fading, other shaky uses, and pileups.
NW2K Rating: 2014-01-21
Excellent Contest Simulator Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Excellent Morse tool. Works here in Windows 7 and XP.
LA3MHA Rating: 2012-03-17
Great program! Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Do you have a Mac, do not be afraid to use MorseRunner.
I am using Morse Runner on a Mac with Parallels installed.

What is Parallels? Follow the link...
http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/

This is a great little program and easy to use! If you like to contest or just want to build your CW accuracy, get this program.
K7FU Rating: 2012-01-22
It works on my Mac using Darwine! Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I have VMWare Fusion on my Mac for when I have to run Windows programs I'm addicted to (i.e, Morse Runner). That's painful enough that I haven't been using it lately. I just realized it runs under Darwine!

I'm away from CW for long stretches and when I start up Morse Runner I start staring at my monitor and forgetting to blink.
WC3O Rating: 2011-11-01
Way cool Time Owned: more than 12 months.
This is the best CW contesting trainer there is. It is so real feeling that I find myself holding my breath and getting nervous about a Q taking too long, forgetting that I am not workin a DX station, I’m workin a computer! It’s like a virtual roller coaster ride for CW! As far as you’re concerned, your in the big contest. It has helped me greatly. Thank you Alex. And then it’s free? I can’t recommend it enough. If you are just starting out please keep in mind that it can be slowed way down from the default speed you get when you first start the program. Un-click all the hazards and get to it. CQ WW CW is coming up fast. You’d better get crackin!
N7XM Rating: 2011-02-09
This is INSPIRED software Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Whether you are a raw beginner of experienced
contest operator this FREE software can make
you a BETTER operator - and provide excitement and
fun at this same time
The creator of this program and DX ATLAS is inspired ! this is the NEXT best thing to
REAL WORLD operating - Just awesome

Start with SINGLE callers , and turn off QRN, LIDS, QRM, QSB - turn them OFF to begin -

LET the GAMES begin !!!!!
NK5G Rating: 2010-03-08
Great little program Time Owned: more than 12 months.
This is a great little program and easy to use! If you like to contest or just want to build your CW accuracy, get this program.
KT8K Rating: 2008-12-27
Great contest simulator Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
This program is a lot of fun. It lets you practice contest operation as if you were a big gun, with all the QSB, lids, etc. I am finding it a bit addictive, and splitting my time in the station between on-air operating and MorseRunner contesting.
It will really improve your contesting/listening skills, too. The only thing I haven't found yet is a help file, instructions, or a manual of some sort, but I am figuring it out as I go.
If you like contesting, this program is for you.
VK2NU Rating: 2007-04-26
Good Fun Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
Not only does this help out your CW skills, it's also fun and when the bands are dead you can take part in your own mini contest, or just have fun running a pile up.

great stuff

David
KI4ET Rating: 2007-01-24
Good Program but Needs Documentation Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
I’ve used Morse Runner off and on for about one year. As a new CW operator I found the learning curve pretty steep given that my Morse skills weren’t the best and not being familiar with contesting procedures and abbreviations. After several emails to the author and a bunch of trial and error trying different buttons in response to replies other than di-dah-dit I finally managed to be able to use the program. All together I wasted about a month to 6 weeks figuring these things out. Even now if I’ve been away from the program for a month or so I have to refigure out some of the responses. A short paragraph or two in the notes that discussed operation of the program and contesting abbreviations and procedures would have saved me a lot of time then and would even be useful to me now when I’ve been away from the program for a while. Now that the code requirements have been dropped it is especially important that we do everything we can to make new CW operators have an easy path to higher speeds so they can focus on code practice and not on program learning. Now that I understand the program I really like it. I now cruse along between 18 and 20 wpm and do better all the time. I attribute this to Morse Runner and RuffZ.