March 1st, 2000

[5:00 PM] Mac Ham Operators: Morse Mania Adds Support For MOre Abbreviations by Staff The good people at Black Cat Systems have announced another update to their Ham Radio utility Morse Mania. The new version, 1.7, adds support for more abbreviations. According to Black Cat Systems: Black Cat Systems announces that Morse Mania version 1.7.0 has been released and is now available. Morse Mania is a morse code tutor for the Macintosh. The software package helps you learn morse code at speeds ranging from 5 to 30 words per minute. Morse Mania is ideal for amateur (ham) radio operators who desire to learn or improve their morse code proficiency, especially in order to upgrade their license class. In addition to drills to help learn the various characters, Morse Mania also allows complete text files to be sent, so that "real life" messages can be used for practice. It also supports the Farnsworth mode, which increases the speed of the dots and dashes, and lengthens the pause between letters sent, allowing the student to learn morse code at higher speeds more easily. This version adds the ability to send the commonly used abbreviations AR, AS, BT, SK, and ERROR. The update is free to registered owners. The full version is priced at US$12. You can find more information on the product at the company's web site. Black Cat Systems