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Note: If you find something that doesn't work, or would
like to make a comment about this site, please send me an e-mail. Please
use the link that you will find further down the page. Thanks, Jim
Farrior
Welcome to the Home Site of
A
computer program dedicated to wireless and land line telegraphy
by
Jim Farrior, W4FOK
"The Mill" has a realistic simulation of American Morse train orders and other telegraphic traffic, both American Morse and International Morse. It also contains many sophisticated features for teaching telegraphy and improving the skills of telegraphers at all levels of proficiency. Please read the program description further down the page.
Books
by Jim Farrior -- Over
the past several years, I have written as a hobby some books intended primarily
for family and friends. They were written and illustrated using old
photos, notes, diaries, correspondence, and various other records. Some
copies were printed, hard bound, and distributed among friends and family, and
their comments have been rewarding. I would like to share four of these books
with you as free downloads. Click on the link below to go to the download page.
Click on - Download Page for
Books by Jim Farrior
The Civilian Technical Corps --Read about the Civilian
Technical Corps (CTC), a group of American volunteers, many of whom were Radio
Amateurs, who served in
Click on - The CTC
PAGE
Bill Pierpont's
Book --The Third Revised Edition of the
excellent book "Art and Skill of Radio Telegraphy", by the late Bill
Pierpont, N0HFF, is now available for free download. No person having an
interest in telegraphy should be without this important book.
Click on -
The Mill
Present circumstances prevent the improved version of "The Mill" from being posted as was peviously stated. Until the new version becomes available, the older version will continue to be available and will be supported.
"The Mill" is a many featured PC
program for telegraphers of all levels, from beginners to those with many years
of amateur or commercial telegraphic experience. The user can select either
American Morse or International Morse. The program is
highly interactive, operator friendly, and fun to use.
The features include: Stellar Screen Saver;
Set up Personal Preferences; Keyboard Mode with over-printing buffer; Create
and Send Quick Files; Create or Edit text files from within the program; View
or Print text files; Send text files; Repetitively Send text files; Copy Code
on Mill; Copy Slip on Mill; Learner's Flash Cards; Random Sending of
Characters, Code Groups, or Words; Operator Dialogues; Navy Signaling Lamp;
Speed Runs; Normal Farnsworth Sending; Word Farnsworth Sending; Speed
Incrementing; and Boot to Mill (Auto-send). Scandinavian and German characters
are supported. Help is provided by Operational Notes, which explain the various
features and provide other information about telegraphy, both American Morse and
CW. The program contains numerous prompts. Error trapping with error messages
and safe recovery, give protection from most incorrect operator inputs and
other errors.
For your practice and listening pleasure, the
program contains many text files, some of which are special dialogue files.
Dialogue files that were contributed by users are identified and credit is
given.
The best way to learn about the program is to
download it and take it for a spin. A few minutes after you have downloaded
"The Mill", you can take the guided tour of the program.
"The Mill" is freeware. Downloaders are requested to "register" by
e-mail. Users are encouraged to "help keep telegraphy alive" by
distributing copies of the program download file by disk or as an e-mail
attachment.
Please click on - The Download Page
"Having Fun with Telegraphy!"
The above photo, taken in 1990, depicts the author,
W4FOK/TG, in his tent radio shack deep in the Guatemalan jungle at the old Ixcanrio chiclero camp site near
the Rio Azul Archaeological Site in the Peten. The camp's small a.c.
generator provided power in the evenings for lighting and the small CW radio
transceiver.
Read about the snake bite emergency!
If, after reading the article, you have any
questions concerning the jungle radio operation, please send me an email.
"The Mill" contains a realistic simulation of the radio messages
handled during the snake bite emergency.
Please send me an E-mail if you find
anything that doesn't work, or wish to make a comment about this site.
Thank you. -- Jim Farrior, w4fok since
1938.
Important Notice: To prevent harvesting of my correct e-mail address by web
crawlers, the character x has been appended to the name in my e-mail address.
When the e-mail form comes up, you must delete the x before you send the
e-mail. Click
here
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