DitStorm™ Cypher™ Universal Morse Expert

DitStorm Cypher Review

My review of the DitStorm Cypher (DSC) comes with a background of comparing a number of Morse decoders previously and finding that MRP, although not free, seemed to be the state of the art at the time. I was eager to determine whether DSC with its hardware and distributing computing approach was better than MRP. DSC has a great interface and offers AI boost that I found needs more work at present. On machine-generated code and good signals like from ARRL, both apps seem equivalent to me. On ham generated code, MRP seems slightly better at decoding character accuracy. MRP is better at word spacing. DSC claims to be better with weak signals, but I was not technically able to verify this. DSC is more feature rich with AI boost, mail and macros. I wish that DSC developers would expend more effort with the basics such as character recognition and particularly, accurate word spacing. I want to like DSC and look forward to software upgrades.

CYHER: More than just a CW decoder

Initial Observations of Decoding Accuracy

Accurate and consist code conversion hasn't been obtainable even with S7 CW signas. The % confidence display Is a nice feature, but high values don't often reflect decoding accuracy. More experience using Cypher under various conditions and CW frequencies will hopefully improve my ability to more reliably capture Morse transmissions. Eric was very helpful assisting wth initializeing the system and explaining the features.