CW Skimmer seemed more fussy and didn’t decode a signal unless you got it spot-on. It could track drifting stations and would adjust itself precisely to the signal if you didn’t click exactly on the trace. I also found MRP40’s AFC useful in locking on to signals. MRP40’s decoder is less laggy than CW Skimmer’s – text appeared sooner after it was sent. Skimmer also seemed on occasion to insert an spurious E at the beginning of some words or calls when I didn’t hear an extra dit. It decoded text more accurately and the spacing between words was better – CW Skimmer would often run words together then insert a space in the middle of a word. After listening to many QSOs I am still of the opinion that MRP40 is the best decoder. I ran both programs simultaneously decoding the same signal. A few days ago Paul PC4T commented to one of my posts that he thought CW Skimmer was better so I thought I would give it a try in case I was missing out. For several years now I have been of the opinion that the best Morse decoder for Windows PCs is MRP40 by Norbert Pieper.
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