September 25 stock status: in stock and ready to ship.

For a limited time, VE6LK and VE6TD are offering a Kitting service for the W8BH Morse Tutor, ESP32 version. This is also known as a CW trainer and is an alternative to the Morserino however with a much larger screen. You can see all of the details and build instructions on W8BH’s website. You can see a full demo of the Kit in action on Kyle AA0Z’s New CW Operator’s Roundtable on YouTube.

As a finished device, it is capable to test your receiving skills with letters, words, numbers, callsigns or mixed content. It is also capable to challenge your sending skills with various on-screen games. With a companion unit you can send head to head. All of the details are here in the user manual.

Why would you buy from us? We source the parts, pretest the major components, Kit them together and ship them out to you. Note, no power source or enclosure is provided but you can print one yourself with Dann’s 3D print files or buy one via our store. Vince keeps his tutor in a small plastic Enclosure that would normally hold a sandwich at lunch time .. each to their own when it comes to enclosures 🙂

How does this compare to the popular Morserino? Both units do roughly the same thing with exercises to challenge you. Both will work head to head with another matching unit. The Morserino has a built-in keyer and ships with integrated Paddles. The W8BH tutor ships with a large colour screen which is easier for the eyes to read.

You’ll receive all of the parts to build a functional W8BH ESP32 Morse Tutor, consisting of the following new parts:

• 3.2″ display module
• ESP32 module
• Buck Converter board (power)
• PAM8403 Audio board
• 1/8″ stereo jacks (2)
• PCB Mount speaker
• Rotary Encoder
• 10K Log taper potentiometer
• SPST power slide switch
• Shorting jumper block
• 0.1″ female headers
• 0.1″ male header pins
• 10k and 20k resistor
• 0.1uf capacitor (2)
• Knobs for controls (2)
• Circuit board

We provide a programmed and pre-tested ESP32 module with the current firmware version (so that you don’t have to learn how to do this), and we verify the functionality of each screen, each speaker and buck converter. Note that no Enclosure or mounting hardware is provided, and that you will need to provide a DC5520 barrel plug (5.5mm with a 2.0mm centre) to power the device between 7 and 15 volts DC centre positive.

Build difficulty is at a NOVICE level for this project. If you own a basic pencil soldering iron, solder and basic hand tools, this project may take you up to 2 hours. Experienced builders will complete this in under 1 hour.

For the Morse Tutor, if you wish to read ahead, the instructions can be found on the creator’s website, https://www.w8bh.net under Projects | Morse Tutor (pdf warning) and note this is the ESP32 processor version whereas most of the instructions apply to the BluePill processor version. Please choose the appropriate set of instructions as you go along. An operating manual can also be found at this location (pdf warning). The device can be powered by a DC5520 or 5.5mm barrel jack connector with a 2.0mm centre pin. The centre pin is POSITIVE and the device can accept between 7 and 15VDC at the barrel input jack. There is a USB port on the device however it is not designed to power the tutor, and some users have reported an unexpected letting out of the magic smoke when trying to use it.

This offer is a Kitting service only and no warranty is expressed or implied.

Country of origin: 80% USA, 20% China.

Price includes tracked shipping.